Framing India's Low Carbon Development Pathways

In the context of a developing country such as India and of the global commitment to limit the temperature rise, this book provides a comprehensive and novel approach on framing the low carbon development pathways. Data plays a critical role in accurate assessment so it gives a stepwise detail on reconciling national accounting statistics with energy balance data. Further, it explains the setting up of technology optimization and economy-wide macroeconomic framing models. These models have limitations when used in isolation so the book further elaborates on the soft coupling process to overcome the limitations of using individual models. Detailed examples using case studies illustrate the application of structured approach to determine net zero pathways and business decarbonisation scenarios. Future applications for important development questions related to net zero analysis are also enumerated.

Dipti Gupta is Assistant Professor in Business Sustainability at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. Her primary research interests include Energy Policy, Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG Strategy for Business Sustainability, and Energy-Economy Modelling. She has been associated with International Centre for Research on Environment and Development (CIRED, Paris) as Visiting Research Scholar since 2016. She is a member of India Climate and Energy Modelling Forum, NITI Aayog. She also contributes to the processes mandated by COP, CMP, CMA and subsidiary bodies under UNFCCC as a member, UNFCCC roster of experts.