Ashish Fernandes is US-India climate advisor with Greenpeace. His work highlights the often-ignored environmental, social, and financial risks inherent in the Indian coal sector, to drive home the message that India’s reliance on coal is a problem for individual companies, investors, the economy, and the country at large. Prior to his work on coal, he focused on issues of deforestation and ocean protection in India, and has 15 years of experience in the environmental sector with a range of non-profits and media outlets.