Background Paper No. 30

By Veronica Jijon

This volume of short working papers is a product of ORF America’s U.S.-India Emerging Climate Leaders as they attempt to develop ideas around climate collaboration and communication for the United States and India.

Special Report

By Abigail Doerr, Amol Kapoor, Bhagyashri Kulkarni, Dhruva Jaishankar, Jonika Rathi, Karan Sinha, Lindsay Maizland, Medha Prasanna, Meenakshi Venkatraman, Miaoru Guan, Mridu Jhangiani, Pankaj Mahalle, Patrick Soltis, Paul Gordon, Perrin Krisko, Sabareesh Suresh, Tanya Kak, Vandita Sariya, Vanshica Kant, and Vedant Patil

Editors: Caroline Arkalji, Jeffrey D. Bean, and Medha Prasanna

Background Paper No. 27

By Medha Prasanna

By Dhruva Jaishankar

Background Paper No. 24

By Peter Jarka-Sellers

Ongoing armed conflicts in Europe and the Middle East and a fractured trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China, mean the energy transition cannot take economic integration and its accompanying benefits for granted.

Special Report

By Raj Sawhney, Shayak Sengupta, and Gregory Wischer

Editor: Shayak Sengupta

By Kirat Singh, Tapas Peshin, Shayak Sengupta, Sumil K Thakrar, Christopher W Tessum, Jason D Hill, Inês M L Azevedo and Stephen P Luby

Absolute annual mortality ranges from less than 1 to over 650 deaths/year across units, and the mortality intensity of generation varies from under 0.002 to 0.43 deaths/GWh.

By Tapas Peshin, Shayak Sengupta, Sumil K Thakrar, Kirat Singh, Jason Hill, Joshua S Apte, Christopher W Tessum, Julian D Marshall and Inês M L Azevedo

Higher increases in pollution exposure are seen in scheduled castes/tribes, poor, and rural populations particularly in high coal production states.

Background Paper No. 22

By Gregory Wischer

Background Paper No. 21

By Gregory Wischer

Background Paper No. 20

By Raj Sawhney 

By Shayak Sengupta and Abhinav Jindal

A close look at India's relationship to Just Energy Transition Partnerships.

By Shayak Sengupta

Without concerted policy efforts to incorporate the eastern states into India’s renewable fold, the region risks being left behind in reaping the benefits of transition.

By Shayak Sengupta, Medha Prasanna and Peter Jarka-Sellers

The Agenda 2030 Partnership builds on nearly two decades of cooperation between the US and India on energy and climate issues.

By Shayak Sengupta and Sagatom Saha

The Inflation Reduction Act is Washington’s boldest climate policy ever—but still woefully insufficient.

Background Paper No. 15

By Shayak Sengupta

Background Paper No. 14

By Peter Jarka-Sellers and Shayak Sengupta

By Shayak Sengupta, Neha Khanna, Casper Sonesson, Daniel Suryadarma, Aanandita Sikka, Edoardo Tancioni, Sagatom Saha, Budy Resosudarmo

Economywide decarbonization is essential for achieving the climate goals set in the Paris Agreement.

By Shayak Sengupta, and Sagatom Saha

The era of green subsidies is shaping the transition to a cleaner future, but, absent global cooperation, developing countries risk being left behind.

By Shayak Sengupta

So far, the Biden administration has relied on a series of ad hoc agreements to deal with international reactions from the IRA, but it needs a proactive approach.

The focus of this issue of the U.S.-India Energy Monitor is hydrogen in the United States and India.

Special Report

By Shayak Sengupta, Medha Prasanna, and Peter Jarka-Sellers

By Shayak Sengupta, Sumil K Thakrar, Kirat Singh, Rahul Tongia, Jason D. Hill, Ines M. L. Azevedo, and Peter J. Adams

Air pollution and greenhouse gases from India's coal-dominant electricity system causes widespread, premature deaths in the country.

The focus of this issue of the U.S.-India Energy Monitor is natural gas in the United States and India.

Special Report

By Shayak Sengupta

By Shayak Sengupta, Peter Adams, Thomas Deetjen, Puneet Kamboj, Swati D'Souza, Rahul Tongia, and Inês Azevedo

Electricity consumption and emissions of states in India are similar to differences between those of entire countries.

The focus of this issue of the U.S.-India Energy Monitor is the wind sector in the United States and India.

Special Report

By Shayak Sengupta & Jahanvi Singh

A focus of this issue is the coal sector in the United States in India.

Special Report

By Shayak Sengupta & Jahanvi Singh

By Shayak Sengupta, Thomas Spencer, Neshwin Rodrigues, Raghav Pachouri, Shubham Thakare, Peter Adams, Rahul Tongia, Inês Azevedo

As electricity demand and living standards in India increase, the country will plug in new technology like electric vehicles and air conditioners.

By Tapas Peshin, Shayak Sengupta, and Inês Azevedo

Compared to their conventional counterparts, electric vehicles may reduce greenhouse gas emissions in many states in India, but also increase air pollution from electricity generation because most Indian coal plants do not control their air pollution emissions.

By Shayak Sengupta & Rama T. Ponangi

India’s nuclear isolation came to an end with the help of civilian nuclear deals with the United States and its allies. Yet Russia has more influence on the Indian nuclear power market.