Aman Srivastava
Fellow and Coordinator, Climate Policy
Dr Aman Srivastava is a Fellow, and Coordinator, Climate Policy, at the Sustainable Futures Collaborative. He works on domestic and international climate policy, with a focus on emissions-economy modelling, green industrial policy, the climate-trade-geopolitics nexus, and climate finance. Aman was previously a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, and was earlier with the World Resources Institute, as a Research Associate (Climate Finance) in Washington DC and subsequently as Lead Economist (Climate) in Delhi. He was a chapter author for the UNFCCC's 2016 Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows, and has been a consultant to organisations such as AIIB, the World Bank, and the WTO. Aman holds a PhD in energy and behavioural economics from the University of Antwerp, an MSc in finance and development from the University of London, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management: Lucknow, and a BA (Honours) in economics from the University of Delhi. He is also currently a Faculty Affiliate at the Fletcher School (Tufts University) and Visiting Faculty at the Kautilya School of Public Policy, having previously taught at IIT Delhi’s School of Public Policy.
Publications
Journal articles
Climate Policy
Navigating India’s low-carbon development futures: an interpretive assessment of model scenarios
Aman Srivastava, Easwaran J Narassimhan, and Navroz K Dubash
Environmental Research Letters | 6 July 2026
As India grows its economy without yet having locked into a specific development pathway, the implications inherent in these studies can quietly narrow the range of futures policymakers consider. The paper reviews eight influential modelling studies informing India's climate policy, and argues that there is a need to more adequately explore a range of the country's possible development futures. From narrow, converging assumptions on growth and urbanisation to a near order-of-magnitude gap in employment estimates, limits remain on how comprehensively these studies capture pathways for policymaking.
Opinions
Climate Policy
Bonn Deadlock Puts Pressure on COP31—and on Climate Multilateralism
Isha Sharma and Aman Srivastava
The Quint | 23 June 2026
Small gains at the Bonn Climate Summit mask deeper rifts over finance, trade, and climate policy implementation.
Opinions
Climate Policy
Bidding Goodbye to COP33: Has India Missed a Trick?
Aman Srivastava
The Quint | 16 April 2026
While the withdrawal was quiet, the decision itself speaks volumes about India's shifting climate priorities.
Blogs
Climate Policy
India’s Second NDC: Revisiting the Intensity of Climate Ambition
Aman Srivastava and Nikita Shukla
15 April 2026
India’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets a 47% reduction in emissions intensity by 2035. However, available evidence suggests that India had already achieved a 38% reduction by 2020 and may have surpassed the 47% threshold by 2024, before the target period begins.
Blogs
Climate Policy
India’s Energy Storage RD&D Bet: Why Batteries Dominate, and What That Means for the Future
Kashmeera Patel, Aman Srivastava, and Easwaran J Narassimhan
3 March 2026
As India moves toward 500 GW of non-fossil capacity, energy storage will be central to grid stability. Our review of India’s public storage RD&D portfolio reveals a strong bet on batteries. But what does this concentration mean for long-term system flexibility and innovation diversity?
Blogs
Climate Policy
From Budget Announcements to Outcomes: Why Instrument Choice and Design Will Decide What Scales
Nikita Shukla, Aman Srivastava, and Easwaran J Narassimhan
23 February 2026
Union Budget announcements signal which technologies the government wants to scale up. Whether they actually scale depends on choosing the right policy instruments and designing them to remove the key bottleneck at each stage of diffusion. Using a five-stage diffusion framework, this blog explains why early alignment improves the chances of faster diffusion and more durable outcomes.
Blogs
Climate Policy
India’s Green Hydrogen Push: Engineering for Today or Innovating for Tomorrow?
Kashmeera Patel, Aman Srivastava, and Easwaran J Narassimhan
17 December 2025
India has committed heavily to scaling green hydrogen, but what does its public R&D portfolio reveal about its innovation strategy? Drawing on a review of nearly 250 publicly funded projects, this piece examines where India’s hydrogen R&D is concentrated, where gaps persist, and the strategic choices shaping whether India competes primarily on cost or on technology leadership.
Blogs
Climate Policy
30 Years of Climate Talks: How Have the COPs Fared and What Next?
Isha Sharma, Aman Srivastava and Nikita Shukla
4 November 2025
Global discourse on climate change has been moulded by multilateral negotiations through the annual Conferences of the Parties (COPs). This commentary traces the evolution of climate multilateralism, examines where it falls short of expectations, and discusses how it can address its shortcomings to build a more effective ambition and implementation agenda.
Opinions
Climate Policy
Who Owns Tomorrow’s Emissions?
Aman Srivastava and Nikita Shukla
The Wire | 24 October 2025
Climate finance discussions should recognise future emissions are attributable to developed countries.