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.

Journal articles

Climate Policy

Energy Transitions

Using a mixed methodology of expert elicitation and system dynamics modelling, this article examines the policy gap that needs to be bridged for India to realize its net zero by 2070 commitment. The study discusses a socio-economically sensitive policy mix that could set India on a trajectory to peak its emissions in a decade and zero out its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by mid-century, leaving about one gigaton of other greenhouse gases to be decarbonized by 2070 to meet India’s net-zero goal.

Issue Briefs

Climate Policy

An overview of key issues to watch in discussions on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), including the role and relevance of the NCQG, strategies for effective implementation, and implications of the outcome for broader climate diplomacy.

Reports

Climate Policy

Energy Transitions

As India aims to further ramp up the pace of its RE deployment, both large- and small-scale, this brief, published in collaboration with DIW Berlin, analyzes challenges to it from regulatory, institutional mandate, coordination and market development angles, and explores ways to address them.