Bhasker Tripathi
Climate Correspondent
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Bhasker is a climate correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation based in New Delhi, India, covering just transition and the political economy of climate change. An award-winning journalist, Bhasker has reported for several digital newsrooms in India for more than a decade.
January 30, 2025
Farmer Jitendra Singh stopped flooding his rice fields in the northern Indian state of Haryana so they produce less polluting methane and he could get paid for the greenhouse gas emissions he saves, but three years on he has not received a single rupee.
Allowing companies to buy credits from projects that lock carbon away and use them to offset their emissions is seen by many environmental experts as an important way to help developing countries and custodians of the land like Singh protect the environment.
January 23, 2025
Countries around the world are producing more biofuels as a way to tackle climate change, but are they really greener than fossil fuels?
Biofuel production increased nine-fold between 2000 and 2020, and in 2023 G20 nations launched the Global Biofuel Alliance to try to expand the use of sustainable biofuels.
November 25, 2024
A new climate finance deal to fight global warming at the recently concluded COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has left developing countries disappointed and livid.
Industrialised nations agreed to pay $300 billion per year by 2035 to help developing nations deal with the impact of climate change. That was far short of the $1.3 trillion a year by 2030 they had demanded at COP29 -- a number that developing countries say takes into account their most immediate needs.
November 20, 2024
As countries at COP29 discuss contributions to a new climate fund, a Pakistani minister told Context that his country's experience dealing with massive floods in 2022 has taught him that such funds can only work without much red tape.
Delegates at COP29 last week agreed to start disbursing money from the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), a fund to support developing nations suffering losses from climate change, and negotiations on the financial details are ongoing.
November 14, 2024
Famed for its Sun Temple dedicated to the sun god, Modhera in Gujarat state became India's first fully solar-powered village in 2022, but a legal case against the plant is still in court as residents seek compensation for losing 50 acres of grazing land.
Modhera's 6 megawatt (MW) solar plant and a linked battery storage system, which provide energy to the village's 6,000 people, were built in 2022 despite opposition from local farmers, who filed a case in the state's highest court in 2020 against its construction.
October 29, 2024
India's super-polluter Vindhyachal plant experiments with carbon capture, but trial fails to appease local coal concerns
October 21, 2024
India is hoping billions of dollars in subsidies will encourage more people to install solar panels on their rooftops, part of a bid to triple its capacity for renewable energy.
September 16, 2024
India’s environmental court is investigating whether the country’s natural forests are in steep decline, despite claims from the government that the country’s green cover has expanded dramatically over the last two decades.
At stake is progress on India’s pledge to drastically increase the size of its forested land to help it achieve net zero emissions by 2070 – and potentially bank on its trees in a future carbon trading market.
July 24, 2024
Climate-driven shocks, coupled with scant finance and government action, will leave nearly 600 million people living in hunger by 2030, the head of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) told Context in an interview.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday's launch of the report on the global state of hunger and nutrition, IFAD president Alvaro Lario said that missing the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030 would lead to more forced migration, fewer new jobs and worsening conflict over resources, especially in regions with growing populations such as Africa.
July 22, 2024
When Prime Minister Narenda Modi's new government announces the national budget this week, Indians will be looking for clues on how he will tackle unemployment, a major grievance among voters who deprived him of a clear majority in last month's election.
While the Indian economy is seen growing at a fast clip of 7.2% this year, job creation has lagged.