Policy Brief
Technology Ready Reckoner for Low Emission Ironmaking- Suitability to India
18 Jul 2025
| Will Hall
As India’s steel sector charts its path towards a low-carbon future, access to clear, actionable information on breakthrough technologies is critical. In this context, the Technology Ready Reckoner for Low Emission Ironmaking: Suitability to India serves as a comprehensive guide to support the sector’s deep decarbonization journey.
Decarbonization of Iron Ore Pellet Manufacturing Industry
18 Jul 2025
| Sobhanbabu Prk
| Mayank Aggarwal
| Ananda Mohan Ghosh
Improving raw material efficiency and decarbonizing upstream processes are critical steps for India’s steel sector to reduce its overall carbon footprint. In this context, the report Decarbonization of Iron Ore Pellet Manufacturing Industry, undertaken in collaboration with the Pellet Manufacturers’ Association of India (PMAI), explores technological pathways and strategic interventions to reduce emissions in the pellet manufacturing industry.
Energy Efficiency Options in Electric Arc Furnaces- Best Practices and Technologies
18 Jul 2025
| Mayank Aggarwal
Improving energy efficiency is one of the most practical and cost-effective ways for the steel sector to reduce emissions and advance its decarbonization goals. Energy efficiency is seen as the ‘low-hanging fruit’ on the path to deep emission cuts, as these measures can deliver immediate gains without major technological shifts.
Pathways for the Indian Steel Sector: Realizing low carbon industrial clusters in eastern India through a place-based approach
17 Apr 2025
| Mr Prosanto Pal
| Alexandra Mallett
There is an increasing realization that effective low carbon growth of our societies requires urgent, broad-scale changes at a systemic level in how we manufacture and consume products. One such area of focus is the production of iron and steel, which among heavy industries is the largest source of CO2 emissions and the second largest energy user, responsible for around 7% of global emissions from the energy system. Iron and steel production is heavily dependent on fossil fuels due to the high heat requirements needed in these processes. To reduce carbon emissions from production processes effectively, nothing short of industrial transformation is required.
Just Energy Transition Partnerships, Climate Action, and Minilateralism
24 Nov 2023
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Heena Makhija
| Shivangi Raj
Transitioning towards clean energy and renewable sources is a significant measure to restrict Greenhouse Gas emissions and meet the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement. Upcoming minilateral mechanisms, especially partnerships such as JETPs, despite setting ambitious targets have little to offer on recognizing the specific needs of the Global South to support sustainable energy transitions.
Road to Sharm El-Sheikh: Towards Equity and Climate Justice
07 Nov 2022
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Ms Nivedita Cholayil
| Ms Anuradha Mathur
| Soham Banerjee
| Shubhi Goel
| Saheli Das
Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh from 6th -18th November 2022. The COP27 Presidency lays out the vision for inclusive, rules-based, ambitious, substantive outcomes, commensurate with the challenges based on science and guided by principles building on agreements, decisions, pledges, and commitments from Rio 1992 to Glasgow 2021.
Co-innovation of low-carbon technologies for SMES: A framework for strengthening technology cooperation between Japan and India
11 Aug 2021
| Mr Girish Sethi
| Mr Prosanto Pal
| Mr Nandakumar Janardhanan
| Mr Eric Zusman
| Mr Kentaro Tamura
| Prof. Eri Ikeda
Co-innovation can enhance cooperation with Japanese firms and facilitate the successful transfer of low carbon technologies in small and medium enterprises in India to further the country's energy transition
Making Mission Possible: Delivering a Net-Zero Economy
16 Sep 2020
| ETC Commissioners
The primary route to decarbonisation will be clean electrification, complemented by hydrogen, sustainable biomass and fossil fuels combined with carbon capture, says the report
Don’t tinker with the clock to save energy
10 Aug 2011
| Mr R K Batra
On 23 March 2011, all clocks in the UK were turned forward by an hour marking the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST). The clocks will be turned back on 30 October 2011. The objective is to save energy by educing the use of artificial light and maximizing the use of daylight over a period of seven months. While this has been the practice for many years in countries situated in the upper part of the northern hemisphere and the lower part of the southern hemisphere, DST is hardly practised in countries situated closer to the equator.