With an exclusive focus on emerging economies, Carbon Outlook is an independent information marketplace tracking actions related to the carbon economy as well as their impact especially as pertains to sustainability, economic growth and development. It proactively promotes a data driven approach to enable action by local, regional as well as global practitioners.
Carbon Outlook provides (a) in-depth business and policy analyses, (b) updates on the market participants and latest trends on sustainability initiatives, and (c) expert inputs on the GHG emission reduction and other carbon abatement as well as adaptation measures being undertaken in these regions.
Online and Offline
Carbon Outlook employs online communications, offline publications and regular fora exchanges to make information available to the various stakeholders and to encourage cross-discipline collaboration.
Framing Dialogue on the Growth Paradox
Over the course of last decade, a global impetus has emerged on the need to manage the global carbon footprint and contain climate changes otherwise expected to adversely impact the earth’s habitat in the next 3 decades. While this wide-felt need has led to an initial framework for a global regime via the Kyoto Protocol, true global consensus has not matured far enough, primarily due to the differing and at times opposing strategic imperatives of various countries. The root of the challenge lies in development goals and how those relate to both current growth and the future growth needs of different countries round the globe.
An emerging economy like India needs to grow at 8-10% a year to bring its bring 400+ million of its 1.1 billion population out of poverty. This means the development of infrastructure (energy, transportation, etc) as well as increased consumption: all of which mean additional carbon emissions at a growing rate. And it is this ‘growth paradox’ which shapes the challenge for global policy makers in carving a global carbon abatement regime - How can development and economic growth continue while at the same time transitioning towards more efficient carbon usage?
Carbon Outlook, a project funded by cKinetics, primarily aims to foster requisite discussion on this ‘growth paradox’ as it impacts India at a policy and market level as also to identify, track and highlight market interventions thus catalyzing the mainstreaming of the low carbon emission initiatives.
Audience for Carbon Outlook
Combining regional focus with updated consolidated and comprehensive coverage, Carbon Outlook is a ‘must’ resource for all those interested in adoption of low carbon initiatives in emerging economies, such as:
- International players looking to work in the region
- Clean-tech firms/ carbon abatement technology companies
- Project developers
- Multilaterals and Non Governmental Organizations
- Industry players seeking carbon abatement/ conservation related news and information
- Emerging ventures
- Carbon commerce investors (voluntary as well as regulated regimes)
- Policy makers/ government
- New players interested in Micro-carbon-abatement initiatives: especially those driven by voluntary standards.
Through its various online and offline publications, Carbon Outlook aims to make cutting edge information available to the various stakeholders and to create avenues for cross-discipline collaboration.
Carbon Outlook strongly encourages and welcomes various industry participants to be regular contributors to its various publications.
India Carbon Outlook
India is the first region being focused on by Carbon Outlook. It is the only platform with an exclusive focus on carbon-professionals in India, providing them with up-to-date news, views and data to keep track of industry developments.
If you would like to engage with India Carbon Outlook as a contributor or as a consumer of data, please contact us.
