Projects

Catalysing Decarbonisation of Indian Steel On-going

Project Lead: Sachin Kumar
01 Sep 2024 to 30 Nov 2025

In response to the increasing steel demand from the construction and infrastructure sectors, this project aims to catalyse the decarbonisation of Indian steel production. The initiative focuses on cr...
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Climate Smart Cities Completed

Project Lead: Ernst Doering
01 Jun 2018 to 30 Nov 2022

Dynamic urbanization, rapid population growth, and changing consumer and mobility behavior are posing challenges to India’s urban infrastructure. As key sources of greenhouse gas emissions, cities p...
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Development and Management of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) Completed

Project Lead: Mohammed El-Khawad
01 Sep 2013 to 31 Aug 2020

The project supported the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of India in developing two concepts for NAMAs, including the corresponding MRV systems. Both sectors (waste and fo...
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Development of National Framework for Electronic People's Biodiversity Registers in India On-going

Project Lead: Ravindra Singh
01 Oct 2023 to 30 Sep 2026

Safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystems is crucial to meet the demands for food, medicine, fuel, and water, as well as to provide livelihood security. The project contributes to India’s growing eff...
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Energy Efficient Cooling On-going

Project Lead: Nitin Jain
01 Jul 2019 to 31 Dec 2025

The building cooling sector in India mainly uses decentralized individual systems that have high levels of energy consumption and use climate-damaging refrigerants. The government, working together wi...
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Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Integration in India (StoREin) On-going

Project Lead: Bernhard Voelcker
01 Sep 2022 to 31 Jul 2029

India aims to integrate a total of 500 gigawatts of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030. In support of this goal, the project is focused on creating favorable framework conditions for the introduction ...
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Green Freight India Completed

Project Lead: Daniel Moser
01 Jan 2019 to 31 Aug 2024

India’s freight transport sector offers enormous potential for climate mitigation and sustainable economic development by increasing its efficiency, shifting road-based freight to railways and s...
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India Sustainable Mobility Initiative On-going

Project Lead: Aswathy Dilip
01 Sep 2015 to 30 Sep 2028

To provide efficient mobility for the 200 million new urban dwellers expected by 2030 and mitigate the use of private vehicles and GHG emissions, India must achieve a dramatic increase in high-quality...
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Indo-German Cooperation on Agrivoltaics (IGCA) On-going

Project Lead: Zorica Crisolli
01 Sep 2024 to 31 May 2025

The project accelerates Agrivoltaics adoption and scaling in India by integrating solar power generation with sustainable farming. This dual-use approach optimises land use, enhancing solar deployment...
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Indo-German Support Project for Climate Action in India On-going

Project Lead: Alexander Fisher
01 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2026

The Indian government is targeting an unconditional reduction in emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, according to Indian NDC. The project supports the Ministry of Environment, Forest and...
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