Publications
An Assessment of Avoided CO2 Emissions during Construction, Maintenance and Operation of National Highways
Policy brief
| February 22, 2023
India has the 2nd largest road network in the world. Amongst the different types of roads, the National Highways extending to 1,44,634 km has contributed significantly to India’s rapid economic development. The rapid pace of construction of highways is enabling integration of the local economies of far flung towns and villages into the national economy.
Climate Actions for Businesses
Article
| January 31, 2023
How Big Should These Be? When we talk and act on climate action and the energy transition in emerging economies, the discussion can range from topics such as climate mitigation, adaptation, energy transition, financing, and business model innovation to next-generation technologies.
COP27: Climate Chaos and Warfare for People and the Planet
Article
| January 4, 2023
COP27 took place in November 2022 in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The Conference concluded with a historic decision to establish and operationalize a loss and damage fund. Dr Anil Pratap Singh takes us through the highlights of this important climate conference and concludes that at COP27, unrelenting deliberations took place on setting the needs and priorities of the Parties; thereby resolute implementation plans for the future were developed during the deliberations.
Inclusive Energy Transitions: Messages For The G20 Forum
Policy brief
| January 3, 2023
Inclusive energy transitions are key to achieving sustainable development and climate goals. The concept of just transitions around coal in the context of energy supply and mitigation has gained discursive traction in recent times, and further moved forward towards the people-centered transition approaches
Oceans-Climate Interface: Implications For Global Commons Based Climate Action
Policy brief
| January 3, 2023
The High Seas or the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ), are a global common, which covers about two-thirds of the ocean surface and more than 90% of its volume and contains rich biodiversity of marine life. Oceans are the largest known carbon sink in the world.
Internationalizing Lifestyles For Environment: Messages For G20
Policy brief
| January 3, 2023
Sustainable consumption and lifestyles must be seen from the perspective of resource value chains that include resource extraction, manufacturing, processing, use by consumer, and disposal. Mainstream frameworks on sustainable consumption and production focus more on upstream and mid-stream components, such as resource efficiency and circular economy.
Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on heavy metal contamination in Yamuna river water of Delhi region
Research Paper
| December 15, 2022
An unprecedented twenty-one-day nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 24, 2020, at midnight by the Government of India as a preventive approach to contain the COVID-19 spread, which was further extended up to May 31, 2020, in three more phases. The total lockdown led to the complete closure of the industries, thus ceasing the economic activities in the nation. This hindered the speed of the flow of
Solar Energy for India’s Energy Security: Reducing Variability and Achieving Stability
Article
| December 6, 2022
In this article, Biba Jasmine says India’s commitment to renewable energy reflects its synergistic efforts to accelerate solar growth and provide energy access to all. It is time for the global community to come together, share ideas, and think of environment-friendly solutions to address the challenges in the energy sector, especially to harness the enormous potential of renewable energy on a large scale.