WRI India overview presented by Jamshyd Godrej (WRI India Board Chairman) and OP Agarwal (WRI India CEO) at the Global Board Meeting on 3 October 2018 at the James Harmon Centre, Washington DC

1. OP AGARWAL, CEO, WRI India
MAKING BIG IDEAS
HAPPEN IN INDIA,
AND BEYOND

2. OUTLINE
• This is India
• India’s big challenges
• The opportunity for us
• Our team & how we grew
• Our work
• Our proud moments
• Going forward

3. This is
India

4. 18% of the world’s
population
But only 2.5% of the
world’s land mass
and 4% of the world’s
fresh water
RESOURCE
CONSTRAINTS
Challenge 1

5. Over the next 30 years,
17% of the world’s urban
population growth will
happen in India.
A major demographic
transformation in the
making
RAPID
URBANISATION
Challenge 2
Source: UN DESA World Urbanization Prospects –
Revision of 2018

6. GROWTH OF SOME MAJOR CITIES
Source – World Urbanization Prospects 2018 – UN DESA
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India will
have some
of the
biggest cities
in the world

7. AGE PROFILE-DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND OR CURSE?
Source – Economic Census 2011
Challenge 3
Population in Millions
2011 2030

8. • Despite enough electricity,
over 200 million people have
extremely poor access to it
• High share of coal based
thermal power
• Huge oil import bill – makes
India vulnerable to
international oil price
changes
RELIABLE
ENERGY
Challenge 4
Source: UN DESA World Urbanization Prospects –
Revision of 2018

9. Population in Millions
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Low per capita motor vehicle ownership, but rising income means there will be
further growth
Growth 77% Growth 2529%
RAPID MOTORISATION
Challenge 5

10. Over 150,000 people killed in
road accidents every year -
more than 400 every day
Poor are the worst affected
ROAD
SAFETY
Challenge 6

11. • 14 out of the 20 most
polluted cities
in the world are in India
• India accounts for 34% of
premature deaths caused
by air pollution globally
every year
• Poor are the most
vulnerable
AIR QUALITY
IN CITIES
Challenge 7

12. • India’s per capita
emissions are a fraction
of the world average but
total emissions are rising
rapidly
• Will rise faster with
increasing income and
urbanization
CLIMATE
Challenge 8

13. 1990s
Climate change
domestically
viewed
as a diplomatic
issue with little
relevance
to development
2000s
Growing
recognition
of India’s
vulnerability
to climate
impacts
2009
onwards
Domestic policy
framework:
National Missions
on Climate
Change and State
Action Plans on
Climate Change
Strong policy push
for renewable
energy
2015
Paris NDC
pledges: 40%
electricity from
non-fossil fuel
sources; GHG
intensity of GDP
to 33-35% below
2005 by 2030;
2.5 to 3 bn tCO2
sequestered by
2030
EVOLUTION OF CLIMATE POLICY IN INDIA

14. India has made bold commitments
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)
Bonn Challenge
Brasilia Declaration
THE
OPPORTUNITY
FOR WRI INDIA
There are ambitious programs to
Develop 100 Smart Cities
Achieve 175 GW of renewable power by 2022
Restore 13 million hectares of degraded land
Reduce emissions intensity of GDP by 33-35% by 2030
compared to 2005
Reduce road accident deaths by half by 2020
The national challenge
Weak capacity to deliver on the commitments

15. Our opportunity
1. Convene and support program implementation
2. Research and analytical work to support decision making
3. Leverage Data Revolution
4. Build capacity of political leadership
THE
OPPORTUNITY
FOR WRI INDIA

16. Established
1. Sustainable Cities & Transport (60%)
2. Clean Energy (20%)
3. Climate Mitigation (10%)
Emerging
4. Climate Resilience (5%)
5. Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration (5%)
5 THEMATIC AREAS
OUR WORK

17. WHERE WE
WORK
Disclaimer: Map is for illustrative purpose and
does not imply the expression of any opinion
on the part of WRI concerning the legal status
of the country or territory or concerning the
delimitation of frontiers or boundaries

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HOW WE GREW
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19. 100 and aspiring to grow!

20. Board of
Directors
India Advisory
Group
Jamshyd
Godrej
Jonathan Lash
Alison Sander
Tiffany Clay
James Umpleby
Indira Rajaraman
Pramod Deo
Ravi Pandit
Ashok
Khosla
Sanjay
Kirloskar
Navroz
K Dubash
OUR BOARD

21. • Funding models for research
• Raising funding for urban development, climate
resilience and landscape restoration
• Building partnerships and content for capacity building of
political leadership
• Legitimizing new data sources to inform policy making
OUR CHALLENGE

22. OUR PROGRAMS

23. Land-use and Economic Development
Transit Oriented Development
Integrated Urban Water Management
Metropolitan Region Planning
Affordable Housing
SUSTAINABLE
CITIES
3 work-streams
10 solutions
Mobility
Improve Public Transport
Electrification of transport
Streets for All
Road Safety
New Mobility
Urban Efficiency and Climate
Climate Action Planning
Crosscutting Initiative
Air Pollution

24. ACHIEVING
SCALE
National Urbanization Policy and
Global Housing Technology Challenge

25. DRIVING
INNOVATION
Designing challenges for
innovative solutions

26. SOCIAL
INCLUSION
Public transit to facilitate
access to jobs

27. ENERGY
3 work-streams
- Energy Access
- Clean Energy
- Energy
Efficiency
Energy Access
• Engage in improving access to reliable, affordable
and sustainable electricity for development
• Build Energy Access maps in 3 states to improve
decision making
Clean Energy
• Thought leadership on India’s energy transition
• Support 3 GW of Renewable Energy Deployment
• Play a regional role in supporting clean energy
programs
Energy Efficiency
• Expand Clean Energy and Building Efficiency
programs to 10 cities

28. BUILDING
COALITIONS
Green Power Market
Development Group

29. SOCIAL
INCLUSION
Energy access initiative in
rural Assam

30. Measurement & Tracking
Building tools and guidance to measure, manage and
track progress
Sub-National Action
Supporting voluntary business and civil society-led
initiatives that accelerate change on ground
Policy Planning & Implementation
Facilitate better policy planning and implementation that
enables positive action at scale
CLIMATE
MITIGATION
3 work-streams
- Measurement &
Tracking
- Sub-National
Action
- Policy Planning
& Implementation

31. • Assist in building a portfolio of good adaptation
projects
• Improve access to data and promote
knowledge-sharing
• Establish a system to monitor, track and scale
good adaptation initiatives
• Focus on opportunities to expand CRP’s work in
the South Asian region
CLIMATE
RESILIENCE
PRACTICE
Mainstream
adaptation into
the planning
process

32. RESEARCH
DRIVEN ACTION
Private sector commitment
for clean air

33. 1. National Restoration Atlas for India
2. ROAM methodology for a deep dive into
Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh
3. MapTenure – a digital platform which will
help in getting clarity regarding land
tenures
CLIMATE
RESILIENCE
PRACTICE
Protect, maintain,
restore forests
and agricultural
land in India

34. BUILDING
COALITIONS
National Atlas for Restoration
Opportunities

35. SOCIAL
INCLUSION
Landscape restoration
supporting livelihoods

36. • Focus on identifying new donors
• Reach out to high net worth Indians and diaspora
• Stronger media engagement
• Strengthening outreach
• Solid base of operations support with well laid
out policies and processes for managing staff,
funds and regulations
STRATEGY:
CORE TEAMS
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATIONS
OPERATIONS

37. OUR
PROUD
MOMENTS

38. Shaping India’s Future Mobility Agenda

39. Raahgiri: A National Movement to Reclaim our Streets

40. Convening & Informing Political Leaders

41. Leveraging Non-governmental data to
build high impact policies and programs

42. • Scale up our research work
• Capacity Building for Political
Leadership
• Leveraging New Data Sources
to inform decision making
• Scale up cross cutting initiatives
GOING
FORWARD

43. THANK YOU

44. EVOLUTION OF WRI INDIA