How institutions are powering the climate economy

It is evident that we are in the middle of a climate crisis, and the global economy is undergoing a drastic transformation.

- ROHAN DUTTA

It is evident that we are in the middle of a climate crisis, and the global economy is undergoing a drastic transformation. Starting from energy to infrastructure, from finance to food systems, a huge shift toward sustainability is underway. And at the heart of this change and beyond is not just policy or technological interventions, but education.

In India and across the globe, universities, institutes, and new-age Ed-tech platforms are becoming engines of the emerging climate economy. The stakes could not be higher. We, in India, which is home to over 1.4 billion people and is one of the world's fastest-growing economies, stand at a critical juncture. While we are bearing the brunt of drastic climate change and its impacts, including deadly heatwaves and erratic monsoons to rising sea levels and substantial biodiversity losses, such events are also uniquely positioned us to lead.

With our demographic dividend, indigenous knowledge systems, and rapidly expanding innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems, we can become a global hub for climate solutions. But this can only happen if we equip the next generation with the right tools, knowledge, skills, and the courage to act.