The programme focuses on building an interdisciplinary understanding of the challenges to and solutions for achieving low-carbon, local environment-friendly and equitable development in India and south Asia. This includes (but is not limited to) such issues as:
- renewable energy generation and energy access
- transportation, GHG reduction and local air quality improvement
- urbanization, industrialization and their environmental footprints and drivers
- cross-cutting questions of behavioural change, drivers of consumption and efficiency, and environmental governance in the above contexts
The applicant may have a background in any area of engineering, urban planning, environmental science, economics, public policy, political science, development studies, and allied disciplines relevant to the above.