Policy Briefs & Reports

India-Afghanistan Partnership

Rani Mullen

Centre for Policy Research & Indian Development Cooperation Research

May 16, 2013

India is undergoing structural urban and economic transitions and has set ambitious policy targets to meet its rising energy needs for development. Expanding coal and renewables are two important pillars of this undertaking and, since 2008, climate protection is of increasing concern. India’s international engagements reflect these motivations of both energy security and climate change, where India is increasingly engaging in transfer of clean and efficient energy technologies to developing countries like itself.