We lead India’s public engagement on climate change. We mobilise business and industry, urban administration, NGOs and researchers on the need for an inclusive agenda on climate change.
The India Climate Portal
The India Climate Portal is one of CSM’s several public service initiatives that promotes critical thinking about and fresh analysis of climate change and its impacts on India.
Discussion Papers
The Climate Change Discussion Paper series was launched by CSM in 2007-08 to provide a platform for fresh and challenging thinking on a range of issues connected to climate change in India. The objective is to deepen and broaden understanding of this vital subject in India through easily accessible and informative pamphlets. In turn, it is hoped this will contribute to a better-informed public debate and more progressive policy outcomes on climate change for India, her people,and neighbourhood.
So far the following 3 papers have been published by CSM:
- Disaster Management and Climate Change – Indian policy frameworks .Dhar Chakroborti January 2011
- India: Renewable Energy trends. Alexis Ringwald. July 2009
- Climate change – Why India needs to take leadership. Malini Mehra. August 2007
DISASTER MANAGEMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE -India’s risk management policy frameworks and key challenges
January 2011
Published as part of the Swiss Re-CSM initiative on Strategic Country Risk Management: focus on climate change and disaster management
Author: P G Dhar Chakrabarti
Editor: Malini Mehra
Publisher: Centre for Social Markets (India)
Climate Change – Why India needs to take leadership
August 2007
To mark the 60th anniversary of India’s Independence, the Centre for Social Markets (CSM) publishes a powerful new discussion paper calling for enlightened leadership on the greatest challenge of our times – climate change.
CSM produces films and audiovisual materials to reach a mass audience. Efforts are underway to translate many of these in Indian languages.
In Good Company 50-minute documentary profiling Indian business leadership on climate change. The documentary was launched at World Business Summit on Climate Change (24-26 May 2009, Copenhagen)
Climate Talks – Dialogues with leading personalities: Series of interviews with personalities ranging from Danish Minister for Climate and Energy to CEOs of leading Indian companies, solar entrepreneurs, scientists and others.
City Dialogues on climate change – Cities are the cradles of civilisation. How will they fare as the impact of climate change hits us? Broadcasts of CSM’s city dialogues held across India with a multi-stakeholder panel and audience engagement are available on DVD. Originally broadcast on India’s national TV station, Doordarshan, in partnership with Lok Sabha TV, City Dialogue in six cities: Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Cochin and Bangalore are available. For details contact: info@csmworld.org
Climate Conversations – Short summaries of climate change events focussing on issues ranging from transportation and urbanisation to extreme weather events.
Dalian 2011 –Charting a low – carbon route to grown – World Economic Forum – 14 September, 2011
As major economies shift to a low carbon model , what are the implications for business globally ?
CSM’s Malini Mehfra joins the discussion at Dalian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EckfnIF187I
UN Secretary-
Statement by Malini Mehra, Centre for Social Markets (CSM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXmZcJLxvBc
Global Humanitarian Forum, Geneva – Impacts of Climate Change on poor women – June 24,2009
Climate change affects women more severly than men – but are they victims or agents of climate change ? Malini Mehra joins discussion organised by the the Global Humanitarian Forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr_E3yZ9KP4
