Issue Briefs

Climate Policy

This issue brief outlines key considerations that can help shape a comprehensive definition of net-zero emissions for India, not by prescribing implementation strategies, but by deconstructing net-zero targets by their constituent elements necessary for clarity, comparability, and accountability.

Blogs

Climate Policy

The blog examines the Union Cabinet’s recent approval of the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme through the lens of what it could mean for India’s clean energy innovation landscape and green industrial policy.

Opinions

Climate Policy

Even if policymakers in developing countries see little value in pursuing large emissions reductions at the pace that climate advocates would like, climate-aligned development is still the best path forward. The key, both politically and economically, is to reframe the issue.

Journal articles

Climate Policy

Governments are increasingly using green industrial policies to address socio-economic and environmental objectives in the energy transition. But why do countries with similar policy objectives implement different green industrial policy designs?

Issue Briefs

Climate Policy

This brief captures key insights from a stakeholder roundtable on India’s carbon market, focusing on the institutional, regulatory, and market design challenges of the Carbon Credit and Trading Scheme (CCTS).

Blogs

Climate Policy

Insights from emissions-economy modelling studies are only as reliable as the methods used to generate them. We present a framework to assess, compare, and interpret the structures and implications of these studies, aiming to spark critical dialogue and foster understanding in India.

Journal articles

Climate Policy

Climate change considerations are increasingly being internalised, or domesticated in India’s development decision-making. The paper examines how political narratives linking climate change and development have emerged over the past decade, explores top-down approaches to climate policy, discusses key sectoral shifts and economy-wide approaches, and ends with a discussion of what mainstreaming climate change may mean for the Indian state. It argues for taking seriously the linkage between climate change and development, but in a way that engages with their complex linkages. The article is part of the EPW’s special issue ‘Review of Environment and Development’ edited by Sharachchandra Lele and Geetanjoy Sahu.

Opinions

Adaptation and Resilience

Climate Policy

Energy Transitions

Navroz K Dubash, writing on climate change in India Today’s ‘India @ 2025’ special issue, argues for keeping the pressure on developed countries for emissions reductions and finance but also suggests three key domestic priorities for India: Enhance climate resilience in cities/coasts, and plan for adaptation, e.g, in agriculture and water; Build a low carbon economy that creates jobs; Reform governance structures and the legal framework to address climate governance challenges.

Blogs

Climate Policy

The NCQG outcome at COP29 has been criticised for not meeting climate finance needs and shifting responsibility from developed nations. This blog explores where it missed the mark, whether developed countries have a defence, and how future COPs can improve climate finance delivery.