Climate Change
At CSEP, our data-driven research on climate change seeks to identify actions that India needs to take to tackle the issue, whether related to mitigation or adaptation. Our study explains why we need steep emissions cuts now. We track India's commitments to climate action, offer policy recommendations, and analyse how net zero targets must be backed by credible action to build a sustainable world.
Climate Shocks, Food, and Inflation: Time to Rethink Macroeconomic...
This blog has been adopted from Renu Kohli “Climate Shocks, Food Supply, and Prices: Do We Need to Rethink Macroeconomic Policies?” CSEP Working...
COP30 and the Health Equation: India’s Moment to Lead...
Priyanka Tomar and Neethi Rao outline priorities on what India can both champion on the global stage at COP30 and pursue through domestic action,...
Climate Finance Needs of Nine G20 EMEs: Well Within Reach –...
This blog is based on a study by Janak Raj and Rakesh Mohan titled, 'Climate Finance Needs of Nine G20 EMEs: Well Within Reach'...
Global Climate Finance Taxonomy: Lessons for India...
This report explores four interconnected themes that are critical for the effective design and implementation of India’s climate finance taxonomy....
Between Expectation and Realisation: India’s Private Investment Paradox...
This blog has been authored by Renu Kohli and Kritima Bhapta and offers research highlights on India’s private investment paradox....
Climate Finance Needs of Nine G20 EMEs: Well Within Reach...
This study follows a bottom-up approach to assess climate finance requirements purely on account of transition to a low-carbon economy over and above...
Climate Shocks, Food Supply, and Prices: Do We Need to Rethink...
The paper examines the convergence of recent climate shocks, which have created a unique and protracted inflationary episode, thus posing difficult...
Carbon Taxes in India: Balancing Growth, Equity, and the Net-Zero...
This study evaluates the introduction of a theoretical carbon tax in India and assesses how to balance economic growth, equity considerations, and...
India and Global Triangular Climate Cooperation: Motivations,...
This paper seeks to decode India’s engagement in climate triangular cooperation (TrC) by exploring the role that triangular engagements play within...
Decarbonising the Asian Giants: Comparing Indian and Chinese Models of...
This blog by Pooja Ramamurthi and Tejal Atul Karad compares the national climate policies and goals set by the two countries and explores differences...
India’s Climate Finance Requirements: An Assessment...
This study follows a bottom-up approach to estimate the climate finance requirement of four key sectors—power, road transport, steel, and cement –...
Assessing the Distributional Implications of the EU’s CBAM on India: A...
This study uses a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to evaluate the macroeconomic and fiscal effects of the CBAM on India, with a focus on...
Mapping Global Climate and Health Governance: Exploring India’s Role...
This discussion paper examines the increasing prominence of health in global climate discourse and action and goes on to analyse India’s role in...
India’s Renewables Target Falls Short of Growing Demand: Planning...
Can India balance growth in electricity demand purely from Renewable Energy (RE)? This analysis demonstrates that India’s 2030 RE targets, even if...
Climate Change Governance in India: Building the Institutional Framework...
The paper provides a comprehensive overview of India’s evolving framework for climate change governance, assessing India’s federal structure and...
India’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Challenge: Strategic...
This paper proposes a comprehensive strategy for India to address CBAM challenges and position itself for a sustainable future in the global export...
Mapping India’s Energy and Emissions Landscape...
This paper validates and reconstructs India’s energy balance using official sources, complemented by more disaggregated data to establish a new...
Why Everyone Exaggerates “Climate Finance”...
Instead of just worrying about the quantity of finance, we must also worry about the quality of the finance. Too much is labeled climate finance,...
Taxation Alternatives for India’s Energy Transition – ESAM...
This study explores how replacing current fossil fuel taxes with alternative taxation options—such as carbon taxes, user taxes, and goods and...
The Cost Conundrum: How CBAM Could Affect the Competitiveness of EU...
With more countries, including the UK, and Australia announcing their intention to implement similar CBAM mechanisms, thoughtful consideration of the...
A Medium-Term Strategy for Transitioning to Net Zero by 2070...
This paper assesses the feasibility of India achieving its stated goal of net zero by 2070 and presents a medium-term strategy for what would be...
An Overview of Climate-Economy and Energy System Models...
The paper outlines the technical attributes and features of the mathematical modelling programs, such as sectoral coverage, economic growth...
Achieving Catalytic Impact with the Resilience and Sustainability Trust...
A new policy brief from the Task Force on Climate, Development and the IMF seeks to improve the RST’s design by taking stock of the early...
Examining the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Issues and Challenges...
Effective implementation of the CCTS will enable Indian enterprises to demonstrate their commitment to low-carbon production processes using green...
India’s Climate Diplomacy: New Priorities and Policy Options...
This Policy Brief explores how India has transformed into a positive force on the global stage, achieving domestic climate targets and spearheading...
Assessing the Impact of CBAM on EITE Industries in India...
This research specifically focuses on the uncertainties surrounding the potential impact of CBAM on trade-exposed sectors with high energy intensity,...
The Poor Should Control Carbon Emissions, But the Rich Must Eliminate Them...
If the world must achieve zero emissions by 2050, it’s impractical and unfair to require all countries to reach that goal simultaneously....
Financing Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing...
This working paper attempts to quantify the scale and possible composition of the international financial assistance required to help developing...
Managing climate change: A strategy for India...
Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Utkarsh Patel describe how India could make progress towards meeting its climate change mitigation commitments which...
Developing an Environmentally-extended Social Accounting Matrix for India...
This study tackles the existing research and data gaps regarding pollution generation by incorporating sector-specific data from India’s greenhouse...
Tracks to Transition: India’s Global Climate Strategy...
An increasingly competitive geopolitical context is fragmenting global climate governance and traditional modes of multilateral cooperation. The...
Harnessing Private Capital for Global Public Goods: Issues, Challenges and...
Gulzar Natarajan and V Anantha Nageswaran make the case that poverty alleviation, growth, and climate-related transition, which require both public...
Non-Price Policies for Addressing Climate Change: The Global Experience...
Renu Kohli, Honey Karun and Saumya analyse the non-price policy measures that aim to lower carbon emissions across the G20 countries....
Climate Change, Weather Anomalies, and Agriculture: Impact on Output of...
The paper finds that the availability of greater data makes it possible to assess a large set of crops over a long period of time, and therefore,...
It is Unfair to Push Poor Countries to Reach Zero Carbon Emissions too...
Rahul Tongia argues about the need to shift the conversation from futuristic Net-Zero ambitions toward practical and equitable emissions trajectories...
Critical Challenges in Realising the Energy Transition: An Overview of...
Laveesh Bhandari and Aasheerwad Dwivedi's paper studies three of the many challenges that state governments will face as India transitions away from a...
Financing Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Developing Countries...
Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Utkarsh Patel's paper attempts to quantify the scale and possible composition of international financial assistance that...
Modelling the Impact of the Clean Environment Cess: A Hybrid Energy...
Rajat Verma and Ganesh Sivamani's paper seeks to measure the impact of this cess on greenhouse gas
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India’s Energy and Fiscal Transition...
Laveesh Bhandari and Aasheerwad Dwivedi's paper looks at India’s expected energy transition towards a low-carbon future, and studies how government...
Managing Climate Change: A Strategy for India...
Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Utkarsh Patel's study shows that there is considerable scope for reducing the volume of emissions through a combination of...
Climate Change Policy for Developing Countries...
The paper attempts to take stock of what has been achieved in the COP-26 meetings held in Glasgow in November 2021 and suggest the course of action...
Reforming Electricity Distribution in India: Understanding Delicensing and...
The changes being proposed by the government for delicensing distribution and allowing multiple discoms in the same geographical area are unlikely to...
Long-Term Goal-Setting and Planning for Decarbonising the Indian Power...
It is important that the approach used in India for setting and implementation of targets pays attention
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Getting to Net Zero: An Approach for India at CoP-26...
The best short-term target India could offer would be a planned phasing out of coal based power generation....
Flatten-the-curve: Why total carbon emissions matter much more than...
Becoming zero is important, but “date of net-zero” is incomplete, lacking any measure of what the date should be. “Sooner is better” remains a...
Balancing India’s electricity grid in 2030: A detailed, granular...
India has some of the most aggressive RE targets in the world. How can we offer solutions to balance the electricity grid and osupply and demand? ...
The Next Stop: Natural Gas and India’s Journey to a Clean Energy...
The Next Stop, edited by Vikram Singh Mehta, features 38 global experts on a comprehensive roadmap for India’s natural gas sector....
India 2024: A green India...
India faces a variety of challenges related to energy and the environment. Here are several initiatives that the next government could contemplate...
India 2024: A sustainable India...
How things change in five years. We have seen many positive steps, some with effort, some part of broader global trends. Nearly all homes in India...
Around the halls: Brookings experts on what to watch at the COP 24 climate...
The 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) begins Monday,...
Understanding India, its energy needs and ambitions, and the global...
At least one newspaper headline this year declared that renewable energy in India is now cheaper than coal and that coal is surely on its way out....
Transitioning Towards a Sustainable Energy Future: Challenges and...
India sits at the nub of the crisis of the current high carbon model of development. It is not responsible for this crisis and it can legitimately...
Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal: What it means and what comes...
Today, President Donald Trump announced that he will withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. It was adopted in...
India and Climate Change: Reversing the Development-Climate Nexus...
After the November 2014 joint U.S.-China announcement on climate change, all eyes turned towards India. What would India do? Would it sign a similar...
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