Special Report
By Medha Prasanna, Caroline Arkalji, and Hansika Nath
A Blueprint to Advance the U.S.-India Energy Security Partnership
This special report explores the opportunities of a U.S.-India Strategic Energy and Industrial Partnership.
Special Report
By Aditya Ramji
From Galápagos to Global: Leveraging Debt-For-Nature Swaps for Debt Relief and Environmental Protection
The Future of Climate Cooperation between the United States and India
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
Polls to Policy: Energy and Climate Cooperation after the United States and India’s 2024 Elections
South-South Climate Finance Cooperation
Ensuring Continuity in the U.S.-India Energy Relationship through Cooperation on Climate
India's Role in Diversifying Global Clean Energy Supply Chains
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
Air pollution mortality from India's coal power plants: unit-level estimates for targeted policy
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.
Air quality, health, and equity impacts of vehicle electrification in India
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.
India: The Rising Power in Global Solar Photovoltaic Supply Chains
Charging Up: India’s Potential Role in Global Battery Supply Chains
Decoding India's Green Hydrogen Potential
Are Global Climate Partnerships Fit for Purpose?
By Shayak Sengupta and Abhinav Jindal
A close look at India's relationship to Just Energy Transition Partnerships.
Transforming Eastern India’s Electricity Sector to Meet Renewable Energy Goals
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.
India’s Climate Engagement with the United States: Factors and Ways Forward
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.
Biden’s Signature Achievement Needs to Go Global
By Shayak Sengupta and Sagatom Saha
The Inflation Reduction Act is Washington’s boldest climate policy ever—but still woefully insufficient.
Diversifying Solar Supply Chains: Costs and the Case for International Coordination
Canceling Carbon: The Global Context of India’s New National Carbon Market
Toward Accelerating Climate Finance: Forging a New Partnership between the Global South and the Global North
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.