Richie Ahuja
Regional Director, Asia
Work
Richie Ahuja is an expert in business development strategies and spearheads EDF’s engagement in India. He helped to catalyze the formation of other institutions such as Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN), India’s largest youth network on climate change, and Climate Parliament, and independent multi party body of elected leaders focused on addressing climate change in the country.
Richie was a founding member of the Fair Climate Network, a network of NGOs that have worked together to test scalable low carbon rural development approaches such as deploying clean cooking systems. He helped to facilitate the domestic offset program of IndiGo Airlines, India’s largest carrier, which allows passengers to offset their climate pollution from travel, and linked this effort with the FCN to generate carbon finance for capital expenditures required for deploying low-carbon technologies. Richie is also a leading voice on “climate smart” agricultural practices, both within India and at the global level, through initiatives such as the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, which EDF was integral in launching.
Background
Richie is an expert in international business, having worked with industries such as logistics, recycled paper, telecommunications and financial software. He received his MBA in International Business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and his B. Com (honors) from St. Xavier’s College in Calcutta, India.
Languages: Hindi, Punjabi, English
Latest pieces
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Climate smart rice farming: Integrated co-management of fertilizers with mild-intermittent flooding
September 10, 2018
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Biogas cookstoves can help nearby forests grow, new study finds
September 15, 2017
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Passengers on India's largest airline can now invest in low-carbon rural development
February 10, 2014
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Passengers on India’s largest airline can now invest in low-carbon rural development
February 10, 2014
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In India, Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
March 14, 2013
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Durban finance debate down to the wire
December 8, 2011
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On International Women’s Day, a look at rural women in India fighting climate change
March 7, 2011