Background Paper No. 27
By Medha Prasanna
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.
Green transitions in the era of green subsidies: Ensuring no country is left behind
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.
The United States needs a plan to take the Inflation Reduction Act abroad
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.
U.S.-India Energy Monitor, No. 6
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
Inequality in air pollution mortality from power generation in India
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.