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Tarun Gopalakrishnan

@tarungk91.bsky.social
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Climate policy, negotiations, finance. PhD candidate, Fletcher School, Tufts University | Pre-doctoral Fellow, Climate Policy Lab

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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nepal has called on the Loss and Damage Fund for support following catastrophic flooding. Established in 2022, the Fund has yet to disburse finance. As climate-related disasters intensify, the question becomes more urgent: can the Fund step up, and how? theconversation.com/flood-damage...
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Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but it’s waiting, along with 118 other countries
Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister calls it a demand for justice and ‘legal and moral liability.’
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The Fletcher School @fletcherschool.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A new study by Predoctoral Research Fellows Seth Owusu-Mante, @katehkchi.bsky.social, and @tarungk91.bsky.social examines whether Sovereign Green Bonds deliver meaningful climate finance in practice, based on data from Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, and Nigeria. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sovereign green bonds in practice: effectiveness as a climate finance instrument in emerging economies
Sovereign green bonds (SGBs) enable governments to raise capital for national climate, sustainability, and green development objectives. Since the first issuance in 2016, SGBs have expanded rapidly...
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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 11/08/2026
🗨️ "Is the world getting more food insecure or less food insecure? To our detriment, we really do not know." In this #IFPRIBlog, Derek notes that food insecurity measures often suggest very different trends & identify different countries as most vulnerable. 🔗 on.cgiar.org/4wflKdn @cgiar.org
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Measuring the state of global food insecurity: A mix of methods, and a mix of messages
Key indicators often disagree.
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Cricinfo @cricinfo.com · 31/07/2026
Where would you place Ajinkya Rahane among India's Test batters? ➡️ srkl.in/63326B7hvGi
Where would you place Ajinkya Rahane among India's Test batters? 

➡️ https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ajinkya-rahane-somewhere-between-good-and-great-1548165
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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
India’s economy expanded 7.5% in 2025, but India’s fossil CO2 emissions rose by just 1.1%—far lower than the 4.1% average over the previous decade. What is going on? www.ecpulse.in/snapshots/ap... 1/
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Malaysiakini @malaysiakini.com · 03/04/2026
Oil shock may accelerate Malaysia's energy transition - experts
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Oil shock may accelerate Malaysia's energy transition - experts
Academic says transitioning to renewables is no longer optional, it's essential.
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Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 1 is out now, with articles on #EUETS 2, #climatefinance & #climatejustice, #carbondioxideremoval & #carbonmarkets, #climatechange awareness & #climatepolicy support, transformative #climateaction 🖋️ @rbaernthaler.bsky.social @egrossman.bsky.social @lisgilmore.bsky.social & more ⬇️
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Climate Policy, Volume 26, Issue 1 (2026)
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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
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India’s Rs 20,000-crore CCUS push: What the Union Budget’s carbon capture bet really means
India's 2026-27 Budget allocates Rs 20,000 crore to boost carbon capture, storage, and utilisation in five key industrial sectors, aiming to support the country's net-zero by 2070 goal. While promisin...
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The Fletcher School @fletcherschool.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Research fellows Seth Owusu-Mante, Kate Chi, and @tarungk91.bsky.social authored a research article on how sovereign green bonds (SGB) can mobilize capital toward renewable energy and other projects that deliver environmental benefits. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sovereign green bonds in practice: effectiveness as a climate finance instrument in emerging economies
Sovereign green bonds (SGBs) enable governments to raise capital for national climate, sustainability, and green development objectives. Since the first issuance in 2016, SGBs have expanded rapidly...
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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
1.5 seems to be textually alive in the #G20 Leaders' Declaration out of Johannesberg. Reconciling that ambition with current emissions trajectories is another question.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
🆕 #COP30 Global goal on adaptation text - "takes note of" Glasgow goal to 2x adaptation finance/2025 - "calls for efforts to at least" 3x adaptation finance/2035 - "urges" developed countries to "increase trajectory of collective provision" of climate $$ for adaptation unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
TL;DR: COP30 delivers a very weak outcome on adaptation finance, at what was supposed to finally be the Adaptation COP. Tripling goal pushed back five years. Still might be framed as a "win" by some, but far from the $120bn/yr by 2030 that least developed countries pushed for.
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The Fletcher School @fletcherschool.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Fletcher experts offer insight into the politics and priorities driving international climate talks at @cop30brazil.bsky.social. @tarungk91.bsky.social @katehkchi.bsky.social #COP30noBrasil #COP30 fletcher.tufts.edu/news-events/...
A photo of the current contributors to "COP30: Key Issues and Stakes for Global Climate Policy" by the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts
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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Exxon lawyer: "We are not going to lose this fight." The US Supreme Court, he said, needs to step in to shut the door on this litigation once and for all #SCOTUS will soon decide whether to take up Exxon's petition in Boulder's climate deception case www.eenews.net/articles/exx...
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Exxon lawyer vows to crush climate lawsuits
Oil companies are once again pushing the Supreme Court to stop a flood of cases that could force them to pay billions.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Brazil’s $125bn forest fund – framed as the “biggest thing to come out of COP30” – goes live tomorrow. Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”. @yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽‍♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.
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Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 7 is out now, with the latest on emissions trading systems #ETS, #netzero transition, transformational #adaptation, oil + gas superprofits & more ✅ 📣 Insights from @michaeljgrubb.bsky.social @tarungk91.bsky.social @maksympolyakov.bsky.social @robbieorvis.bsky.social & more ⬇️
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Climate Policy, Volume 25, Issue 7 (2025)
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SUS-POL @suspol.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
New analysis for @suspol.bsky.social exploring the fragility of fossil fuel-producing states in an age of competitive decarbonisation from Jared Miller and @tarungk91.bsky.social of @fletcherschool.bsky.social at Tufts University. Quick 🧵 on the main arguments www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro...
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How Energy Transitions Challenge the Political Economy of Fragile Fossil Fuel-Producing Countries
Jared Miller & Tarun Gopalakrishnan (Fletcher School, Tufts University) examine the political and economic impacts on fossil fuel producers.
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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The #Climate Ambition Scenario - a mix of financial incentives and regulation - could reduce greenhouse emissions in #Mexico by 77.1% below business-as-usual in 2050 while also increasing GDP growth, creating jobs and reducing the national debt. sites.tufts.edu/cierp/files/...
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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"Purely on economic and security grounds it is simply contrary to the U.S. national interest to restrict the continued growth of clean energy technologies." (Not paywalled) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/c...
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Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World (Gift Article)
Most major economies are investing in ever-cheaper solar and wind power. The United States risks further ceding a global market to China.
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Sustainable Futures Collaborative @sustainablefutures.org · 20/01/2025
REPLUG: In EPW, Shibani Ghosh draws on an in-depth review of India’s pollution control boards to examine why these front-line regulators have struggled to curb air & water pollution. Recent amendments to the Water and Air Acts are designed to facilitate ease of doing business. bit.ly/4fWvnFR
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Pollution Regulation in India
Recent reports on capacity constraints faced by the state pollution control boards have revealed serious systemic issues—problematic board structure and composition, lack of competence in the boards’ ...
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Energy Gang @theenergygang.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
What’s next for US energy after US President Trump's inauguration? In this episode from November, the gang discussed: - Potential shifts in energy policy - Potential impacts on renewables like wind and solar - Changes to the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits #EnergySky #ClimateSky #GreenSky
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What’s next for energy after the US elections? |
With a new Trump administration set to steer US energy policy, what changes lie ahead for energy? Join Ed Crooks and expert guests as they break down the impacts on energy policy, renewables and the I...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/11/2024
Cop29 deal fails to consider inflation so is not tripling of target, economists say
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Cop29 deal fails to consider inflation so is not tripling of target, economists say
Experts say financial movements mean poor nations will in effect get billions less in value from £300bn pledge A failure to factor in inflation means the $300bn (£240bn) climate finance deal agreed at Cop29 is not the tripling of pledges that has been…
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 24/11/2024
NEW – COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku #COP29 ➡️ buff.ly/3V5jndk
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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
As global emissions rise, staying within the Paris #climate goals seems a pipe dream. It is not. Our new brief outlines India's progress on #climateaction and projects the next phase for climate policy - if national ambition meets ambitious finance. #COP29 sites.tufts.edu/cierp/files/...
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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Prioritizing a new climate finance goal over fossil phaseout at this COP makes sense. The finance goal should have been agreed three years ago, the can was kicked down the road. Get finance right, ambitious NDCs will follow.
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Tarun Gopalakrishnan @tarungk91.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Some previous work: ‘New climate dis-economies: The political economy of energy transitions in fragile fossil fuel producers’, with Jared Miller in the journal Environment and Security (2024). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New climate dis-economies: The political economy of energy transitions in fragile fossil fuel producers - Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Jared Miller, 2024
A global energy transition from carbon-based fuels to renewable energy will have major political and economic ramifications around the world, especially for fra...
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