Climate, Energy and Biodiversity

Both India and the UK have elevated climate, energy, and biodiversity as key focus areas for international development cooperation, driven by the increasingly urgent challenges of climate change, energy transitions, and biodiversity loss around the world. The IUKDPF supports multiple research projects across these topics, including on India’s leadership on solar internationally through the International Solar Alliance, on Indian energy investments in Africa, and on the future of low-carbon cooling technologies. We are further committed to fostering conversations between India and the UK on the challenges and opportunities in these areas, and facilitating new bilateral and trilateral collaborations.

Latest IUKDPF publication

Opinion: India and Britain’s Global ‘Green Grid’ Gambit

November 17, 2021 No Comments

Jonathan Balls India and the United Kingdom collaborating on the

IUKDPF Policy Brief: Resilient Communities for Resilient Infrastructure: Opportunities for India-UK Collaboration

April 12, 2021 No Comments

Executive summary India and the UK have elevated infrastructure resilience

IUKDPF Analysis: India’s Concessional Financing of Solar Projects Overseas: Breakdown and Analysis

April 7, 2021 No Comments

In this IUKDPF Analysis paper, Dr. Jonathan Balls examines India’s

Uneven convergence in development? The case of India’s lines of credit to Africa

January 18, 2021 No Comments

Abstract This paper examines the uneven convergence between Indian development

The Politics of Quality and Standards: A cultural economy of Indian solar products in East Africa

Between post-colonial solidarity for sustainable energy transitions and neo-colonial extraction: Investigating India’s role in the East African energy landscape

The Role of Natural Resources in India-Africa Development Cooperation

India in West Africa

Future of cooling, Low carbon technologies, Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development

India’s international leadership on clean energy and climate collaboration

Past Webinars and Events

Webinar: Financing Renewable Energy to ‘Build Back Better’

Webinar: India-UK Relations and the FCDO

Interviews

interviews

Interview: Lucy Scott, David Harris, and Simona Vittorini on the India-West Africa development partnership

interviews

Interview: Suhela Khan on UN Women’s renewable energy initiatives, gender equality, and women’s leadership

India’s Role in Sub-Saharan Africa: COP-26 Expectations

Author’s Abstract In the past decade, growing attention has focused

Anti-dam Struggles and the Technopolitics of Hydropower: The Case of Arun-III in Nepal

Author’s Abstract Around the world, we are witnessing the re-emergence

Financing the World’s Solar Future: The Need for a Solar Finance Corporation

Authors’ Abstract Investment in the renewable energy sector is crucial

Mainstreaming Gender in India-Africa Partnership for Energy Access

Author’s Abstract The seventh of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Cluster Lead

Jonathan works on energy, development, and economic geography. His current research focuses on India’s international partnerships in the areas of energy and climate. More specifically, he is looking at India’s South-South partnerships that seek to deliver knowledge and technology exchanges on off-grid solar and distributed energy systems and on city cooling. His other research focuses are the market-based diffusion of off-grid solar products in India, the governance challenges arising from the proliferation of solar micro-grids in the global South, bottom of the pyramid capitalism, and the political economy of electricity distribution.