ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IN SHAPING AMBITIOUS NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS Sandeep Pai, Siddhant Chandra, Aaratrica Kashyap, Vidyapati Bajpai, Kumar Abhishek Executive Summary As we approach COP 30 in Brazil in 2025, this pivotal moment presents an opportunity to enhance the ambition of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through strategic global engagement. At the heart of these efforts […]
India’s Escalating Heatwave Crisis: Analysis of Heat Action Plan of 3 States Bhavayta Mahajan, Ritika Negi On February 25, 2025, Goa and Maharashtra recorded India’s first heatwave of the year, marking the first time a heatwave has occurred during the winter season (January–February) as defined by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). This unusual event sent […]
Critical Minerals and Strategic Sovereignty: Need for a Mineral-wise Strategy for India Siddhant Chandra and Larina Mahajan According to the Ministry of Mines , “critical minerals” are defined as those minerals which are essential for economic development and national security, the lack of availability of these minerals or even concentration of existence, extraction or processing […]
Redefining State-Owned Enterprises in the Era of Energy Transition Sandeep Pai, Chinmayi Shalya, Rishi Kishore, Ishita Kapoor, Sankalp Arpit About the Event To achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius, State-Owned Enterprises (SoEs) must play a central role in rapidly decarbonizing the energy sector. SoEs, which control […]
Just Transition and Economic Diversification of Jharkhand’s Coal Heartland: Ground-up Studies from Ramgarh and Bokaro Kishore, Pai, Pande, Kanjilal, Singh, Singh, & Ram | 2025 [Click to read the full report] About the report As the world is moving towards a net zero future, a prerequisite for meeting the 1.5-degree climate target, coal phase-down […]
Methane Emissions in India’s Energy Sector: Current Landscape and Future Prospects Vidyapati Bajpai, Joey James, Sandeep Pai | 2025 [Click to read the full report] About the report Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, with a warming potential over 80 times that of carbon dioxide over a two-decade period. Reducing methane […]
Just Transition Pathways for a Net-Zero Telangana Case Studies from the Coal-Dependent Districts of Peddapalli and Mancherial Deeksha Pande, Sandeep Pai, Rishi Kishore, Sriram Kolasani, Sai Chandra R | December 2024 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary As the world moves towards a net zero future–a prerequisite for limiting the rise in average […]
Green hydrogen has the potential to play a vital role in decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors like steel and cement, which are otherwise difficult to electrify
Economic Diversification of Coal Communities: Case Studies from the U.S. and India Ian Barlow, Sandeep Pai, Rishi Kishore, Deeksha Pande | September 2024 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary Coal production and consumption are under pressure worldwide. This pressure is largely due to the need to address climate change, or concerns about coal’s […]
Just Transition Planning for Fossil Fuel-Dependent Regions: A Framework for Economic Diversification Deeksha Pande, Sandeep Pai, Rishi Kishore | November 2023 [Click to read the full report] Executive Summary The planet has already warmed by over 1o C over pre-industrial levels and is causing severe weather events around the world. In 2022, there were at […]