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Unlocking Supply Chains for Localizing Electric Vehicle Battery Production in India

This study aims to highlight the key supply chain barriers in localizing electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing in India. It summarizes consultations with 12 companies, as well as experts and policy-makers, to determine the crucial challenges and opportunities in localizing battery manufacturing in India.

Report November 14, 2024

COP 29 | Aligning NDCs and NAPs to Enhance Ambition on Adaptation

This COP 29 side event will explore the way forward to strengthen alignment and coherence between nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation (NAPs).

Conference November 13, 2024

COP 29: Natural gas demand clashes with global green agenda

At COP 29 in Azerbaijan this week, the host of the UN's annual climate event laid bare the lingering tension characterizing the current energy transition debate: much as the global economy needs to decarbonize and mitigate climate change, its thirst for fossil fuels continues to rise.

IISD in the news November 13, 2024

Green Reconstruction of Ukraine’s Communities: Key lessons from 2023-2024 recovery projects

Join for an in-depth conversation on the green reconstruction of Ukraine's communities, focusing on practical approaches, challenges, and opportunities.

Conference November 13, 2024

What Drives Investment Policy-makers in Developing Countries to Use Tax Incentives?

The article explores the reasons behind the use of tax incentives in developing countries to attract investment, examining the pressures, challenges, and alternative strategies that exist.

Explainer November 13, 2024

Fossil fuels: 'A gift of God' or a climate killer?

Humans have become dependent on oil companies for sustaining their lifestyles. But this dependence has enabled the industry to balloon to such an extent that it has been dubbed "Big Oil" and become synonymous with driving global temperature rise. Burning oil and gas pumps billions of tons of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year.

IISD in the news November 12, 2024

Who is funding fossil fuel expansion?

Last December, as the world witnessed a year of record-breaking emissions and global temperatures driven by the burning of fossil fuels, leaders agreed to "transition away" from coal, oil and gas. The agreement, which was struck at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, heralded the "beginning of the end" of the fossil fuel era. But as heads of state and government meet in Baku, Azerbaijan for this year's COP29 summit, trillions of dollars are still flowing into fossil fuel development.