Global Public Goods for the Core Group on Sustainable Development.

India’s low carbon inclusive growth strategy is framed in the context of multiple goals and its national circumstances. In many cases, co-benefits such as energy security, universal access to clean energy at affordable prices, decentralized development, employment generation and improvements...

This paper argues that the incorporation of new references in the Thirteenth Finance Commission mandate relating to ‘ecology, environment and climate change’ and ‘quality of public expenditure’ pose new challenges. The challenges arise because the operationalization of these items...

This paper deals with the interface between science and economics in environmental policy making in India. It explains Nehru’s concept of scientific temper and its influence in the formulation of science and technology policy and development of the science and technology system. It reviews the...

India needs reliable good quality database and methodologies for designing, implementing and monitoring climate-friendly policies. This paper focuses on the database needs for policies in the context of multilateral frameworks. It provides suggestions to the Central Statistical Organization (CSO...