Arunesh Karkun
Senior Research Associate, Environmental Governance and Policy
Arunesh is a Senior Research Associate in the Environmental Governance and Policy team. His work focuses on researching air quality governance, and policies on electric mobility and climate change. He also works on understanding emergent environmental governance issues such as geo-engineering, and the interactions between aerosol emissions and climate change. His work is both informed and inspired by the complex interactions between environmental and developmental challenges. Previously, at the Centre for Policy Research, he studied the capacity and functioning of State Pollution Control Boards in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. He also worked at the Center for Science, Technology and Policy where he studied the electrification of public bus transportation in Bengaluru. He holds a Masters degree in Climate Change and Sustainability Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Publications
SFC Perspectives
Adaptation and Resilience
Climate Policy
Energy Transitions
Environmental Governance and Policy
SFC Perspectives on Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Policy, Energy Transitions, and Environmental Governance and Policy
SFC
SFC | 19 March 2024
SFC Perspectives are intended to stimulate discussion by providing an overview of key issues and avenues for action to inform India's sustainable development trajectory.
SFC Perspectives
Environmental Governance and Policy
Perspectives on Environmental Governance and Policy: Systemic transformations to limit the health burden of air pollution
Bhargav Krishna, Shibani Ghosh, Arunesh Karkun and Annanya Mahajan
SFC | 18 March 2024
We, at SFC, view reducing air pollution not only as a technical challenge, but also as a structural one that requires re-thinking our approach and the institutions that are tasked with addressing it.
Opinions
Environmental Governance and Policy
Why closing schools does not protect children from air pollution
Arunesh Karkun and Abinaya Sarkar
Scroll | 28 November 2023
It absolves educational institutions and government agencies of their responsibility towards ensuring clean air while hampering learning outcomes.
Opinions
Environmental Governance and Policy
Three small steps can solidify Modi’s Mission LiFE—urban planning to behavioural change
Navroz K Dubash, Annanya Mahajan et al.
ThePrint | 4 November 2022
As India takes over the G20 presidency in December, LiFE offers a platform to promote individual-led demand-side interventions on the international stage.
Opinions
Adaptation and Resilience
Climate Policy
Hot and Flooded: What the IPCC Report Forecasts for India’s Development Future
Mandakini Chandra, Arunesh Karkun et al.
The Wire Science | 4 September 2021
To embark on a low-carbon development pathway, India will need an institutional architecture with a more strategic bent.
Opinions
Environmental Governance and Policy
What Can COVID-19 Teach Our Government About Communicating Air Quality?
Sharon Mathew and Arunesh Karkun
The Wire Science | 16 December 2020
Making information widely accessible to the people has been central to India’s COVID-19 response. So if governments were to raise awareness and disseminate information on air pollution the way they have done with COVID-19, what might that look like?