Climate Change Mitigation

Develop integrated models across key sectors to identify strategies that reduce emissions and balance sustainable development, supporting India’s transition to a low-carbon, secure, and climate-resilient future

Group Lead

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Ramya Natarajan

Our Impact

Modelling India’s Path to Sustainable Development and Climate Action

The group creates advanced simulation tools like SAFARI to explore interactions between energy, emissions, and resource use across sectors. Our work supports policymakers in balancing development goals with climate action, enabling data-driven strategies for India’s sustainable and low-carbon future.

Contribution to the Grand Challenges

The Climate Change Mitigation group advances the energy transition by developing integrated models like SAFARI. This tool simulates interactions across sectors—transport, industry, agriculture, and more—to evaluate energy, emissions, and resource use. By analysing trade-offs between development goals and climate action, SAFARI helps policymakers design balanced, low-carbon pathways, mapping the way forward for India’s Sustainable and Secure Future. It supports scenario-building to align India’s long-term strategy with the Paris Agreement, ensuring sustainable growth while minimising environmental impact. The group’s work addresses cross-sector challenges, enabling evidence-based decisions that promote renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable practices for a secure, climate-resilient future.

Transforming Ideas Into Impactful Solutions

Ongoing Projects

Nature-based solutions for climate ad...

AFARI estimates the energy, emissions, and resources impl...

Ongoing Projects

Sustainable Think Tanks

The Sustainable Think Tanks project documents the transfo...

Ongoing Projects

SANITECH – A platform for Integ...

CSTEP developed SANITECH, a decision-support tool, to fac...

Ongoing Projects

Sustainable Urban Planning Strategies...

CSTEP developed SANITECH, a decision-support tool, to fac...

Past Projects

Solar Energy–Based EV

CSTEP’s pilot study in collaboration with the state-run B...

Past Projects

CSTEM PV 2

The Version 1 (V1) (which can be accessed here) of the CS...

Insights That Shape the : Publications

Explore Our Cutting Edge Research Tools

AI and Digital Platforms

Project Management System (PMS)

Project Management System for CSTEP is a tool to manage p...

Strategic Studies

E-Bus Depot Electrification Planning ...

E-Bus Depot Electrification Planning And Operational Tool...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

CREST Bengaluru

CSTEP's Rooftop Evaluation for Solar Tool (CREST) accurat...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

CSTEP’s Solar Techno-Economic Model (...

CSTEP’s Solar Techno-Economic Model (CSTEM) for photovolt...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

Solar Technology and Application Atla...

Solar Technology and Application Atlas for India (STAAI) ...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

Rooftop Solar Explorer Tool Madhya Pr...

CSTEP’s Rooftop Solar Explorer Tool Madhya Pradesh accura...

Energy and Power

GIS-Based Energy Audit Tool

GIS-based energy audit tool accurately maps feeders with ...

Energy and Power

Bihar Power Transmission Visualisatio...

Bihar Power Transmission Visualisation Portal is an onlin...

Climate, Environment and Sustainability

SAFARI

SAFARI estimates the energy, emissions, and resources imp...

Air Quality

CSTEPs Emission Inventory for 76 Cities

CSTEP, with assistance from 12 other Institutes of Repute...