Policy Brief
Fuel Efficiency Improvement and Emission Standards in Road Transport
18 Aug 2023
| Piyush Saxena
| Ruchika Mattoo
India’s rapid urbanization and economic growth has accelerated both passenger and freight transport demands, which have led to the need for prioritizing adoption of low carbon technologies, also strengthening the country’s energy security.
Accelerating Biodiesel Blending in India
18 Aug 2023
| Faiz Jamal
India’s dependency on imported fossil fuels is mounting incessantly. The petroleum products consumption in the country has increased about 38.2% from the past decade, resulting in a substantial expenditure on oil imports.
Harnessing the Potential of Bio-Resources to Produce Low Carbon Bio-Hydrogen
08 Jun 2023
| Dr Vibha Dhawan
| Dr Sanjukta Subudhi
| Mr Jayant Sinha
| Dr Divyesh Arora
‘Air to Water’ technology - offering potential to achieve Water for All
28 Mar 2023
| Snehlata Tigala, Shresth Tayal, S K Sarkar
An Assessment of Avoided CO2 Emissions during Construction, Maintenance and Operation of National Highways
22 Feb 2023
India has the 2nd largest road network in the world. Amongst the different types of roads, the National Highways extending to 1,44,634 km has contributed significantly to India’s rapid economic development. The rapid pace of construction of highways is enabling integration of the local economies of far flung towns and villages into the national economy.
Political Economy of Net Zero: India
30 Jan 2023
| Mr Kartikey Sharma
| Mr Saswata Chaudhury
| Mr R R Rashmi
Inclusive Energy Transitions: Messages For The G20 Forum
03 Jan 2023
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Dr G Mini
| Ms Rashmi Murali
| Ms P Anima
| Ms Nivedita Cholayil
| Dr Jayanta Mitra
| Mr Saswata Chaudhury
| Ishan Khetan
| Saheli Das
| Rumpa Banerjee
| Sanchit Saran Agarwal
| Arpita Elisheba Victor
Inclusive energy transitions are key to achieving sustainable development and climate goals. The concept of just transitions around coal in the context of energy supply and mitigation has gained discursive traction in recent times, and further moved forward towards the people-centered transition approaches
Oceans-Climate Interface: Implications For Global Commons Based Climate Action
03 Jan 2023
| Ms Ashwini Pai Panandiker
| Dr Fraddry D Souza
| Mr Aniruddh Soni
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Ms Nivedita Cholayil
| Kaustav Sonowal
| Palak Khanna
| Shreyas Joshi
The High Seas or the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ), are a global common, which covers about two-thirds of the ocean surface and more than 90% of its volume and contains rich biodiversity of marine life. Oceans are the largest known carbon sink in the world.
Internationalizing Lifestyles For Environment: Messages For G20
03 Jan 2023
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Dr Manish Anand
| Ms Nivedita Cholayil
| Shweta Gautam
| Saheli Das
| Ishan Khetan
Sustainable consumption and lifestyles must be seen from the perspective of resource value chains that include resource extraction, manufacturing, processing, use by consumer, and disposal. Mainstream frameworks on sustainable consumption and production focus more on upstream and mid-stream components, such as resource efficiency and circular economy.