Policy Briefs/Reports

An Economy-Wide Quantified Goal on Energy Efficiency in India

04 Sep 2023
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya
| Vatsala Sharma
| Arpita Pandey

An economy-wide energy efficiency target would aid in planning and implementation. This policy brief reviews existing metrics and international practices. The brief advocates for a policy approach to set and achieve economy-wide energy efficiency targets that can drive action-oriented policies and motivate the government to attain pre-determined outcomes.

Vehicle Scrappage Policy in India

18 Aug 2023
| Akshaya Paul

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 Mini Govindan
| 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.