Reposted by Avantika GoswamiRishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A Nepali climate negotiator clarifies the country's official position on climate responsibility drilled.media/news/nepal-f... 0115
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiRishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"The provisions and the principles of the Convention and the Paris Agreement are absolutely clear." Full interview soon on Nepal's demands and the status of the loss and damage fund 0101
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiRishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Nepali diplomat Raju Pandit Chhetri tells me there was "confusion" & "some tweaking" in the foreign minister's interview regarding Nepal seeking compensation for the floods from China, India & the US. He added "Nepal has not changed its views on the climate responsibility of developed countries." 12011
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiChris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · 04/05/2026For countries in the Global South, the energy transition could be a historic development opportunity But seizing it requires strategic planning and state capacity Excellent conversation between @aygoswami.bsky.social and @iliasalami.bsky.social www.downtoearth.org.in/economy/carb...downtoearth.org.inCarbon Politics: Green industrialisation for the Global SouthThe episode explores how green industrialisation can help the Global South align decarbonisation, development and structural transformation. Avantika Goswami speaks with Cambridge scholar Ilias Alami ... 067
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 28/04/2026UPDATED – Q&A: What does India’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? ✍️ @arunacsekhar.bsky.social 💬 with comment from @ashishkothari.bsky.social @aygoswami.bsky.social @ndubash.bsky.social Read here ⬇️buff.lyQ&A: What does India’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? - Carbon BriefIndia has set a new target to reduce its “emissions intensity” – greenhouse gas emissions per unit of economic output 086
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiIlias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 28/04/2026 I had a great conversation with @aygoswami.bsky.social on the limits and barriers to green industrialisation in the global South, for @cseindia.bsky.social Listen to the podcast: www.downtoearth.org.in/economy/carb... @campolis.bsky.socialdowntoearth.org.inCarbon Politics: Green industrialisation for the Global SouthThe episode explores how green industrialisation can help the Global South align decarbonisation, development and structural transformation. Avantika Goswami speaks with Cambridge scholar Ilias Alami ... 063
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiCaroline Brouillette @carobrouillette.bsky.social · 28/02/2026What happened to middle powers, and Canada, taking the US hegemony- aligned sign out of their shop window? 081
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Snapshots from Pernambuco. the new world order in brazil -- Stellantis- created by merger of Italy's FIAT and France's PSA, is building a production line with China's Leapmotor to make an electric SUV in Brazil. Going head to head against China's BYD also sold in Brazil (and manufactured in Bahia) 1216
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiAndrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 01/01/2026BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins 325221122848
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 01/01/2026“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.” In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable. 786313154936
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiWolfgang Obergassel @obergassel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Very much looking forward to discussing the #COP30 #Belém outcomes and potential ways forward tomorrow with @annaperezcatala.bsky.social, @aygoswami.bsky.social, Bernhard Pötter, Max Schulze-Steinen. To register, visit us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 032
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiOil Change International @oilchange.org · 21/11/2025@bronwentucker.bsky.social and @aygoswami.bsky.social on latest draft decision text at #COP30. "What we would need to see for a roadmap [on fossil fuel phaseout] to be useful at all is ... rich countries going first and fastest and real public finance." 🎥 www.youtube.com/shorts/qFUJ1...youtube.comReactions to November 21 #cop30 Text: On transitioning away from #fossilfuels #brazilYouTube video by Down To Earth 045
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiRishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 17/10/2025A critical remembrance of Jane Goodall for the latest issue of @thecontinent.org. Open to comments and feedback www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2... 25625
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 10/10/20252⃣ In part 2 we open up the discussion to six Global South climate experts, Sunita Narain @ndubash.bsky.social Anumita Roychowdhury @harjeet11.bsky.social Diego Pacheco @rishirbhandary.bsky.social to weigh in www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...downtoearth.org.inThe NDC death loop (Part 2): Demands for ambition, disappointment and relevance in a fractured worldAs the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) approaches, the effectiveness of the current NDC framework under the Paris Agreement is under scrutiny. Experts argue that while ambitious targets are set, th... 052
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 10/10/20251⃣ In part 1 we ask a list of non-exhaustive questions around the framing: is the cycle of demanding ‘ambitious’ NDCs hinged on emission-cutting targets serving the purpose of climate or low-carbon development, particularly for the Global South? www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...downtoearth.org.inThe NDC death loop (Part 1): Demands for ambition, disappointment and relevance in a fractured worldThis is part one of a two-part series. Read the second part. With climate impacts escalating, climate action remains one of the most urgent imperatives. Yet the 121
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 10/10/2025🖊️New op-ed: The NDC Death Loop As COP30 approaches, the current cycle of voluntary climate pledges is facing a crisis of relevance; climate governance needs to be reinvented, especially for the Global South @trishant.bsky.social @cseindia.bsky.social 161
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiRishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Some important perspectives about the context in which climate action ought to be framed in developing countries. By @aygoswami.bsky.social and @trishant.bsky.social www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan... 173
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiJeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Optimism and pessimism. The IEA renewables 2025 update is fascinating. It ratchets down both US and China's renewable buildout from the 2024 report. US down more than 40% (!) and China down about 5%. 1106
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 30/09/2025*Slightly* differently? It’s a clear signal of absolute Western decline, nothing less 100
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Climate policy nerds uniting today around the shared struggle: 'But what is the peak date??" If you know, you know etc.... 010
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Hyped for the next episode of Carbon Politics - @cseindia.bsky.social’s new video podcast - this time with @70sbachchan.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social of @thepolycrisis.bsky.social about BRICS and climate action Out here on Sept 28: www.cseindia.org/page/carbon-... 0164
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025"In the first half of 2025 China’s new additions were more than twice the new capacity installed by the entire rest of the world this year. The #2 on the list, India, installed 24GW. The US at #3 installed 21GW. There is an order of magnitude difference." adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...adamtooze.substack.comChartbook 409 Beyond the "Marshall Plan": China's solar boom as world-changing industrial policy.In the first six months of 2025 China installed more than 250GW of solar power capacity. 143
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 20/09/2025One benefit I can see is intentionality to actual examine the trade-climate nexus and such a space being designed to specifically do that - because the rigidities of existing spaces are creating loopholes for unwilling actors to block discussions (EU saying UNFCCC isn’t ‘equipped’ to discuss trade) 030
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Savouring the best of Delhi at the end of summer and before winter - while AQI is in the 100s, before the airshed becomes hell - w/ the Smashing Pumpkins as a backdrop 020
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Would be great to hear about your WTO experience. And yes details are scant on this forum, I’m skeptical especially if it’s driven by Brazil and EU solely, and doesn’t involve groups like South Africa and India who have a lot to say on trade and development 110
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Brazil’s proposal to launch a new climate and trade forum at COP30 is a timely intervention - I outline 5 key dynamics in the climate-trade debate for any new forum to consider. Above all it must be advanced with the buy-in of developing countries www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...downtoearth.org.inFive dynamics to watch in climate-trade agenda — and why equity mattersBrazil's COP30 Presidency has proposed a new forum to address the intersection of climate and trade, emphasizing the need for equity and justice for the Global South. This initiative aims to prevent t... 131
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Congratulations! It’s a great report and dataset! 000
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiJonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 12/09/20251/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering. www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...netzeropolicylab.comChina Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy LabA new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database 12532295
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiMathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025New policy report just published with groundbreaking data showing that China's new global role in the green transition is investing in manufacturing, not financing infrastructure: "China’s Green Leap Outward" www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...netzeropolicylab.comChina Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy LabA new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database 06524
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 02/09/2025You can also read an abridged version of the discussion here: www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...downtoearth.org.in33 years after the Rio Earth Summit, what have we learnt?This year marks three decades since the landmark Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, which established the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Ch 011
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 02/09/2025🎙️ 33 Years Since Rio: What Have We Learned In the latest Carbon Politics episode by @cseindia.bsky.social, I speak with Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury about the origins of the UNFCCC, the decades since, and how the Rio moment can guide the Global South through today’s competing crisesyoutu.be33 years after the Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil | Carbon Politics E04YouTube video by Down To Earth 112
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiProgressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 01/09/2025The first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) convened in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on this day in 1961. 12213
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiIlias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Polyalignment in action "Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties" - on.ft.com/4n6jHnHon.ft.comXi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India tiesDonald Trump’s trade war drives a rapprochement between the world’s two most populous countries 093
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Yes 100% we need more southern voices and content on here, I totally agree 010
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 21/08/2025My new op-ed: in which I ask, can we forge a Bandung moment for climate? www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...downtoearth.org.inRebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperityIn response to the challenges posed by Donald Trump's tariffs and the dismantling of multilateralism, BRICS leaders are uniting to defend the Global South's interests. Despite a history of fragile sol... 093
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiCentre for Science and Environment @cseindia.bsky.social · 20/08/2025New op-ed by CSE's @aygoswami.bsky.social emphasizing that Global South solidarity must be fostered to draft a new climate and development agenda, taking cues from historical moments like the Bandung Conference of 1955 www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...downtoearth.org.inRebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperityIn response to the challenges posed by Donald Trump's tariffs and the dismantling of multilateralism, BRICS leaders are uniting to defend the Global South's interests. Despite a history of fragile sol... 154
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiYusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 20/08/2025Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity “..unity is essential to turn this fragile moment into lasting power…In climate talks and beyond, the South must close ranks.” Excellent piece from @aygoswami.bsky.socialdowntoearth.org.inRebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperityIn response to the challenges posed by Donald Trump's tariffs and the dismantling of multilateralism, BRICS leaders are uniting to defend the Global South's interests. Despite a history of fragile sol... 132
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiKate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Lesotho, “a country no one has heard of” acc’ding to Trump, bracing for US tariffs 50% on its biggest single sector, garments. “The luckier ones, he said, “are just finishing up outstanding orders that were in the pipeline. There are no new orders coming in.”” on.ft.com/4kFlzSXon.ft.comAfrica’s top garment exporter could ‘fold’ under US tariffs, minister saysLesotho, which supplies Levi’s and Wrangler, declares ‘state of disaster’ as Trump threat triggers job cuts 27422
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiOil Change International @oilchange.org · 30/06/2025Who produces the last barrel of oil? @rlalen.bsky.social on @cseindia.bsky.social ‘Carbon Politics’ podcast 🎙️: Fossil fuel phaseout goals agreed on at COP28 set a clear direction but didn’t provide a roadmap + many countries lack enabling conditions to shift to RE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQt...youtube.comWho leads the phaseout of fossil fuels?| Carbon Politics| Episode 2YouTube video by Down To Earth 133
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiNicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Three of the top five solar power countries in 2024 were BRICS countries. In 2024, Brazil overtook Germany to become the fifth largest solar generator. 1. China: 834 TWh ✅ 2. United States: 303 TWh 3. India: 134 TWh ✅ 4. Japan: 100 TWh 5. Brazil: 75 TWh ✅ 295
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiNicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 03/07/2025NEW | BRICS countries now produced more than half of the world's solar power ☀️ Led by China, BRICS countries accounted for 51% of the world's solar generation in 2024. Ten years ago, this stood at 15%. 2189
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiCentre for Science and Environment @cseindia.bsky.social · 28/06/2025New episode of our video podcast "Carbon Politics" is out! CSE's @aygoswami.bsky.social and @rlalen.bsky.social from @oilchange.bsky.social discuss fossil fuels transition, who produces the last barrel of oil and what an equitable transition really means. Watch now👇 youtu.be/LyQtK_fLhR4?... 043
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiRishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 19/06/2025"Bonn Climate Conference 2025: On Day 1, developing countries fight EU and allies on finance obligation" by @aygoswami.bsky.social www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...downtoearth.org.inBonn Climate Conference 2025: On Day 1, developing countries fight EU and allies on finance obligationThe June Climate Meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Bonn, also known as the 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary B 043
Reposted by Avantika GoswamiClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 19/06/2025"We’re exposing how finance is being sidelined — and how the Global South is pushing back." #ClimateJustice #JustTransitionRising #COP30 #ClimateFinance @aygoswami.bsky.social 211
Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Heussallee metro stop, Bonn, Germany cc @accidentallywa.bsky.social 040