Advancing synergies and solutions at the Shakti Dialogues 2019
India is accelerating clean energy to provide affordable and reliable power to a vast population, while at the same time tackling climate change on several fronts. In many ways now, Shakti has been deeply involved in these efforts by driving policy solutions, aligning stakeholders and moving agendas forward. This year, as we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we are also immensely pleased to announce that our annual flagship event, the Shakti Dialogues turned five.
Since 2014, the Shakti Dialogues have fostered interaction amongst a diverse group of stakeholders including our grantees and partners, private players, and policy and decision makers working at the local, state and national level. The Dialogues are designed to provoke thought and strategize on topical themes on clean energy and climate action in India, explore areas of collaboration and advance collective solutions. This year’s Shakti Dialogues 2019, held from 18-20th February, were no different. We convened over 100 representatives from organizations across India to deliberate on:
- Developing financial frameworks for accelerating clean energy solutions
- Catalyzing climate action through corporate leadership
- Addressing challenges related to energy efficient clean cold-chains
- Addressing climate change mitigation through sub-national actions
- Realizing the goal of universal energy access
- Improving the state level regulatory environment for urban transport
The sessions were introduced by Mr. Krishan Dhawan, CEO of Shakti and chaired by distinguished members of the Shakti Board and Advisory Board including Mr. Nitin Desai (Former Under Secretary General, United Nations) and Mr. Suman Bery (former Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, and Mr. Harish Hande (co-founder of SELCO), as well as Dr Arunabha Ghosh (CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water).
A number of actionable and practical ideas emerged from the dialogues and we look forward to following up on them. We invite you to follow the conversation on social media using #Shaktidialogues2019
View the agenda here.
