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solutions in India. The ICC, therefore, works to accelerate KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
grant funding towards climate action in India. It identifies
critical sectors that need investment and ensures funding
• Mobilising philanthropic capital to the tune of
flows towards high-impact climate sectors to enable more
`262 million for the climate community in India and
e ective climate action. ICC works closely with the
channelising it towards priority solutions.
climate ecosystem, including research organisations,
implementers, government stakeholders, businesses and
• Successfully onboarding three climate leaders onto the
more, focusing particularly on 3 critical sectors –
India Climate Leaders platform.
agriculture and land-use, industrial decarbonisation, and
water and hydro-hazards – that collectively account for
• Being selected for the prestigious Rockefeller
44% of India’s total emissions and comprise over 200
Foundation Bellagio Center Convening in Italy. 1
million people at risk. By mobilising this funding, ICC’s
endeavour is to work towards:
• As a sector catalyst, partnering with the Centre for
Social and Environmental
• Aiding the reduction of
2
Innovation , which, along with
emissions and carbon intensity
the Computer Science Lab at
in critical sectors by building
IIT Delhi, recognised the need
industry coalitions to drive
for intra-annual (seasonal)
deep decarbonisation, scaling
Land Use/Land Cover (LULC)
decentralised renewable energy-
maps as a product that would
based micro cold storages for
be instrumental in planning,
agriculture and supporting
decision making and monitoring
sub-national climate planning in
of interventions in water
Maharashtra.
spheres across the country.
• Increasing the resilience of
• Launching the India Clean Air Connect platform at the
vulnerable populations through adaptation measures by
Clean Air Collective’s Annual Convening 2023 in
enhancing capacity for risk
Bengaluru in March 2023. The platform was
and vulnerability-informed policymaking and
well-received, with stakeholders endorsing the value of
investment decisions, building a Water Diagnostic
using such a resource to access key information about
Toolkit to enhance rural water security and building
the air quality ecosystem, as well as finding
climate resilient cities.
opportunities for collaboration, to avoid working in silos.
• Augmenting climate justice by building capacity,
supporting re-skilling in vulnerable regions and
supporting communities in air quality action.

1 The Center annually hosts approximately 1,000 people through 60 convenings and 150
month-long residencies. Convenings at the Bellagio Center have a storied history of
bringing together leaders from around the world to advance ideas and catalyse new
action to drive positive and far-reaching social change.
2 Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation (CSEI) works on water security
systems, a component of this being the water balance which provides an assessment of
the water situation in the geographical area under study.

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