Avantika Goswami

Forecast revisions from IEA Renewables 2025 report.

Optimism 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%.

*Slightly* differently? It’s a clear signal of absolute Western decline, nothing less

Climate policy nerds uniting today around the shared struggle: 'But what is the peak date??"

If you know, you know etc....

Hyped 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-...

Chartbook 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.

"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-...

One 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)

Savouring 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

Would 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

Five dynamics to watch in climate-trade agenda — and why equity matters Brazil'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...

Brazil’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...

Congratulations! It’s a great report and dataset!

China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database

1/ 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-...

New 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-...

33 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

You can also read an abridged version of the discussion here: www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...

YouTube video by Down To Earth 33 years after the Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil | Carbon Politics E04

🎙️ 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 crises

The first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) convened in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on this day in 1961.

Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties Donald Trump’s trade war drives a rapprochement between the world’s two most populous countries

Polyalignment in action
"Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties" - on.ft.com/4n6jHnH

Yes 100% we need more southern voices and content on here, I totally agree

Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity In 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...

My new op-ed: in which I ask, can we forge a Bandung moment for climate?

www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...

Thank you for sharing Yusuf!

Thank you!

Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity In 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...

New 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...

Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity In 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...

Rebuilding 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.social

Africa’s top garment exporter could ‘fold’ under US tariffs, minister says Lesotho, which supplies Levi’s and Wrangler, declares ‘state of disaster’ as Trump threat triggers job cuts

Lesotho, “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.””
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YouTube video by Down To Earth Who leads the phaseout of fossil fuels?| Carbon Politics| Episode 2

Who 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...

Three 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 ✅

NEW | 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%.

Dio-goal 💔 I just can’t process this

New 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👇
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Bonn Climate Conference 2025: On Day 1, developing countries fight EU and allies on finance obligation The 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

"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...

"We’re exposing how finance is being sidelined — and how the Global South is pushing back."

#ClimateJustice #JustTransitionRising #COP30 #ClimateFinance @aygoswami.bsky.social