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Growth of Hydropower in India: Role of the Private Sector
Energy | Energy Efficiency Jun 24, 2022

Growth of Hydropower in India: Role of the Private Sector

Can the private sector play a role in decarbonising India, especially by being a key stakeholder in the hydropower sector? ...

Is sodium the future for the electric mobility transition?
Financial Markets | Transportation Jun 17, 2022

Is sodium the future for the electric mobility transition?

Recent developments in developing sodium-ion battery technology might provide a solution to the materials crisis in the electric mobility transition. ...

Natural Gas Consumption in India: The Tale of Two Sectors
Energy Jun 16, 2022

Natural Gas Consumption in India: The Tale of Two Sectors

Natural gas consumption in India has fallen due to reduction in domestic gas availability. ...

Imported Coal: Source of Energy Security for India?
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables Jun 06, 2022

Imported Coal: Source of Energy Security for India?

India's increasing use of imported coal undermines the country's strategy of being "self-reliant" in the energy security sector. ...

The Natural Gas Sector in India: Cost of price controls
Energy | Coal | Oil, Gas and Renewables May 24, 2022

The Natural Gas Sector in India: Cost of price controls

The increment in the price of domestic gas in India and its impact on the production and consumption of the same. ...

Renewable Energy in Union Budgets—A narrative from 2000 to 2022
Climate, Food and Environment | Energy May 23, 2022

Renewable Energy in Union Budgets—A narrative from 2000 to 2022

As India aims to achieve its climate commitments, the significance of renewable energy keeps on growing as reflected in the union budgets over the years. ...

Technocratic Solutions to Climate Change
Climate Change May 17, 2022

Technocratic Solutions to Climate Change

Technology - a boon or a bane for the environment and climate? ...

Solar Energy in India: Contestation of Land Rights
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables May 03, 2022

Solar Energy in India: Contestation of Land Rights

Growth and development in renewable energy power generation call for acquiring more suitable land to install RE generating equipment/machinery, and this has raised concerns amongst different stakeholders. ...

Coal Shortage in India: Beyond Supply and Demand
Energy | Coal May 01, 2022

Coal Shortage in India: Beyond Supply and Demand

India is facing a sudden shortage in power generation in power plants amidst the scorching summer heat. ...

Climate narratives: Reading between the lines
Energy | Climate Change Apr 29, 2022

Climate narratives: Reading between the lines

Developing countries are lagging behind in implementing decarbonisation policies as appropriate climate finance and green technology aren’t being extended to them. ...

Climate vulnerabilities, food security, and resilient development
Climate, Food and Environment | Water | Climate Change Apr 18, 2022

Climate vulnerabilities, food security, and resilient development

Both climate risks and non-climatic drivers need to factored in to curb food and water shortages induced by climate change in vulnerable regions of the world. ...

IPCC’s reminder: Not just climate-smart but also water-wise
Water | Climate Change Apr 14, 2022

IPCC’s reminder: Not just climate-smart but also water-wise

The mitigation of climate change will be successful only if water risks are factored in while drafting ‘climate-smart’ strategies. ...

A first for the IPCC: The social aspects of mitigation of climate change
Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change Apr 11, 2022

A first for the IPCC: The social aspects of mitigation of climate change

This year’s IPCC covers the demand-side mitigation and states that it can help reduce emission by 40-70 percent by 2050 ...

The 2022 IPCC Climate Mitigation Report: Our final chance to reach 1.5 degrees
Climate Change Apr 08, 2022

The 2022 IPCC Climate Mitigation Report: Our final chance to reach 1.5 degrees

The recently released IPCC report highlights the measures that need to be undertaken to achieve climate mitigation targets and the obstacles that will surface in trying to achieve the same ...

Petrol and diesel pricing in India: Tracking taxes
International Affairs | Economics and Finance | Oil, Gas and Renewables Apr 05, 2022

Petrol and diesel pricing in India: Tracking taxes

Has crude and petroleum pricing evolved into the black hole of tax revenue? ...

India’s oil imports: Trends in diversification
International Affairs | Oil, Gas and Renewables Apr 02, 2022

India’s oil imports: Trends in diversification

India needs to carefully devise strategies to diversify its oil import sources. ...

A war within a war: Sexual violence as a weapon of war
Gender Mar 23, 2022

A war within a war: Sexual violence as a weapon of war

Can we achieve gender equality when sexual violence is still a weapon of war? ...

Manage or close the tap: International law to end plastic pollution
Climate, Food and Environment | Law and Justice Mar 22, 2022

Manage or close the tap: International law to end plastic pollution

Proceeding with the intention to end plastic pollution, an international legally binding instrument needs to be introduced ...

Just Transition: Low bar for the Low Carbon Transition in India
Energy | Climate Change | Coal Mar 22, 2022

Just Transition: Low bar for the Low Carbon Transition in India

The assumption that energy transition will also ensure social transition may prove to be inaccurate in the long-run ...

Net-Zero: India’s opportunity to play its ace
Climate Change Mar 21, 2022

Net-Zero: India’s opportunity to play its ace

India could rise to the role of a climate leader by assisting the LDCs and SIDs achieve their net-zero commitments. ...

Gaps in social protection: The US is failing to make needed investments in people
US Domestic Politics | Social Inclusion Mar 16, 2022

Gaps in social protection: The US is failing to make needed investments in people

It is high time to dispel the notion that social assistance breeds welfare dependency, as evidence suggests otherwise. ...

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S. Paul Kapur

S. Paul Kapur is currently on leave from ORF and is serving as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Between 2020-2021, Mr Kapur served on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, ...

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S. Paul Kapur

S. Paul Kapur is currently on leave from ORF and is serving as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Between 2020-2021, Mr Kapur served on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, ...

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