A law around low-carbon climate resilient development

The Hindu | 8 July 2024

Authors lay out an institutional vision for India’s climate law.

Navroz K Dubash, Aditya Valiathan Pillai and Shibani Ghosh

Enabling the Energy Transition: Technology, politics & institutions in India’s energy system

18 March 2024

Our research and engagements at SFC focus on rethinking the configuration of technology, politics and institutions in Indian energy as a necessary complement to techno-economic solutions for enabling the transition.

Ashwini K Swain, Sarada Prasanna Das et al.

Air Quality Regulation

Oxford University Press | 23 July 2024

Chapter in ‘The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Natural Resources Law in India’ provides an overview of the regulatory and institutional framework that governs some of the major sources of air pollution in the country.

Shibani Ghosh

Climate Change: Policy, Institutional, and Legal Framework

Oxford University Press | 23 July 2024

Chapter in ‘The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Natural Resources Law in India’ documents how India’s policies, institutions, and legal structures have changed in response to climate change.

Navroz K Dubash, Aditya Valiathan Pillai & Anirudh Sridhar

Ambient air pollution and daily mortality in ten cities of India: a causal modelling study

The Lancet Planetary Health | 4 July 2024

Even levels of air pollution below current Indian air quality standards lead to increased daily mortality rates in India.

Jeroen de Bont, Bhargav Krishna et al.

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Analysing issues at the frontier of addressing climate change, managing the energy transition, and limiting environmental threats in India and globally

Informing policymakers, stakeholders, and the public about key policy and governance levers, and their implications

Accelerating the transition to an environmentally and socially sustainable future by enabling strategic action for systemic change

Our areas
of work

Adaptation and Resilience

Building systems that allow India to adapt to multiple and increasingly severe climate impacts

Climate Policy

Mapping, strategising, and enabling a development-centric, climate-ready state

Energy Transitions

Rethinking the configuration of technology, politics, and institutions to build a 21st century energy system

Environmental Governance and Policy

Limiting the threat of environmental pollution through health-focused, systemic transformations

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Featuring opening remarks by N.K. Singh, Chair, 15th Finance Commission and a panel discussion on ‘Building the foundations for a sustainable future’.

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Public engagement

Short-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Kills 33,000 Indians Annually: Report
NDTV | 5 July 2024

Watch: Bhargav Krishna on NDTV’s ‘Left, Right & Centre’ on his study in The Lancet – “India needs to set a long-term goal of aligning more closely with WHO air quality guidelines. Currently, even cities meeting national standards are seeing a significant number of deaths, underscoring the need to strengthen our standards and redouble action.”

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT

On a climate law for India

IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute | 1 September 2024

“Climate law in India should differ from those in developed countries, which focus primarily on emissions. Instead, it should emphasize adaptation and resilience, similar to approaches in Kenya and South Africa. Rather than being regulatory, it should facilitate coordination, knowledge sharing, and community engagement.” – Shibani Ghosh at a panel discussion on ‘Transforming Climate Litigation’ by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute.

IN THE NEWS

The rise of the truly cruel summer

The Economist | 26 June 2024

“You need to sit down with three data sets—income, electricity and water provision—and see where those are lowest. That’s where you need to go.” Aditya Valiathan Pillai on planning responses to deaths due to heat in India.