Council on Energy, Environment and Water | Environment, Climate and Energy Think Tank in India

AI, inequity, and our choice and agency - Arunabha Ghosh in Inflexion Points
Historical responsibility matters and we need to build a basis of differentiated responsibility - Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Scaling Rooftop Solar: Powering India’s Renewable Energy Transition with Households and DISCOMs
Women in Sustainability discusses #BeatPlasticPollution on #WED2018

Lessons from the World’s Largest Subsidy Benefit Transfer Scheme

In this book chapter, CEEW researchers examine the performance of the DBTL scheme and highlight key lessons learnt.

Lessons from the World’s Largest Subsidy Benefit Transfer Scheme

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The Council sets up a new project office in Lucknow

With the aim of shaping an 'affordable, accountable and reliable' power sector in UP, The Council set up a new project office, our first at the state-level, in Lucknow.

The Council sets up a new project office in Lucknow

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A Decision-Support Tool to Scale-Up Solar for Irrigation

CEEW's web-based, data-driven, decision support tool will help prioritise target regions, identify deployment strategies, and devise policy incentives appropriate to a region's potential and limitations.

A Decision-Support Tool to Scale-Up Solar for Irrigation

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Arunabha Ghosh appointed to the UN Committee for Development Policy

We are immensely proud to announce that our CEO, Arunabha Ghosh, has been appointed as one of the 24 members of the UN Committee for Development Policy.

Arunabha Ghosh appointed to the UN Committee for Development Policy

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The importance of being an institution

Arunabha Ghosh turned the mirror inwards to introspect on the role of a public policy research institution.

The importance of being an institution

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CEEW ranked as South Asia's Top Think Tank operating under $5 million budget

For the fifth year in a row, the '2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index' ranked CEEW as South Asia's top think tank (14th globally) with an annual operating budget of less than $5 million. The Council also featured in eight other categories, including 'Best Managed Think Tanks' and Best Independent Think Tanks'.

CEEW ranked as South Asia's Top Think Tank operating under $5 million budget

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Featured Research

Scaling Rooftop Solar: Powering India’s Renewable Energy Transition with Households and DISCOMs

Neeraj Kuldeep, Selna Saji, Kanika Chawla

In collaboration with BSES Yamuna, one of Delhi's electricity distribution companies, The Council designed three innovative utility-led business models to scale-up rooftop solar deployment in the residential sector by overcoming prevailing market challenges and creating a conducive environment for households, DISCOMs, and developers.
Sustainable Development, Uncertainties, and India: Climate Policy: Pathways towards Nationally Determined Contribution and Mid-Century Strategy

Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Poonam Nagar Koti

The Council’s independent study aims to understand key uncertainties related to electricity generation and end-use sector, presents pathways to meet our NDC targets of non-fossil- based capacity in 2030’s electricity generation mix, decline in emission intensity of GDP, as well as informs India’s Mid-Century Strategy.
Adopting Solar for Irrigation: Farmers’ Perspectives from Uttar Pradesh

Abhishek Jain, Tauseef Shahidi

The report, based on a primary survey of 1600 farmers in 160 villages across 10 districts of Uttar Pradesh, focuses on farmers’ awareness of solar pumps, their interest in adopting them under different deployment strategies, and their willingness-to-pay to own a solar pump.