Policy Briefs/Reports

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.