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International Energy Journal, Oct 29, 2020

How a natural gas rich developing economy like Bangladesh growing at ~7% annually in the prepande... more How a natural gas rich developing economy like Bangladesh growing at ~7% annually in the prepandemic period can envision a roadmap for Sustainable and Just energy transition using the investments in gas infrastructure is discussed in the article. Bangladesh is caught up in a complex combination of likely risks of rising stranded assets, redundancy of jobs in the fossil fuel sector, need for cleaner available innovation and technology through global partnership to meet the inevitable increase in energy service demand. We make a case for the new use option of Bangladesh drilling wells and the infrastructure dedicated so far to extract and use domestic natural gas reserves. Utilization of gas exploration wells and depleted wells for the generation of geothermal heat and power can help in leapfrog with a drastic reduction in the cost of installation of geothermal plants and without job loss. This article provides learnings based on other country experiences related to the use of depleted wells for geothermal production. Available data from one of the gas reservoirs for three wells in Kailashtila gas field has been used to assess the potential. The simulation result shows that using existing wells as a geothermal heat source with heat pumps is not the best option for cooling only applications. Absorption chiller would be a better choice for heat-based cooling. However, a combination of seasonal cooling and heating with heat storage in geothermal wells during hot periods and heat utilization for space heating during cold periods presents a very attractive energy solution option. But more detailed systematic studies including detailed calculation of geothermal energy generation potential for Bangladesh with feasibility assessment can be conclusively done with site specific data access and are necessary to fully explore the technical and economic potential.

International Energy Journal, Oct 29, 2020

Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environmental Sustainability

While climate change is expected to exacerbate human health risks, it also provides an excellent ... more While climate change is expected to exacerbate human health risks, it also provides an excellent opportunity for defining and implementing preventive actions. Developing nations like India, with low infrastructure facilities, limited resources, varied development priorities and, often with large population, are particularly vulnerable to health impacts - more so under the climate change regime. The greatest challenge facing the current Indian health service provisioning system is that it has to cater to the health service needs of its large population within a short time and with sustainable impact. Limited health ‘cure infrastructure' (low per capita availability of doctor, hospital beds, etc.), lack of qualified health practitioners, absence of a strong monitoring system in disease surveillance and rising cost of ‘cure infrastructure' are some of the major drawbacks of the existing system in India. There is therefore, a need for mainstreaming more preventive measures which...

Industry contributes directly and indirectly (through consumed electricity) about 37% of the glob... more Industry contributes directly and indirectly (through consumed electricity) about 37% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, of which over 80% is from energy use. Total energy-related emissions, which were 9.9 GtCO2 in 2004, have grown by 65% since 1971. Even so, industry has almost continuously improved its energy efficiency over the past decades. In the near future, energy efficiency is potentially the most important and costeffective means for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from industry. This paper discusses the potential contribution of industrial energy efficiency technologies and policies to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions to 2030.

Social Science Research Network, 2009

This paper provides the latest SAM for Indian economy with wide variety of disaggregation for Ene... more This paper provides the latest SAM for Indian economy with wide variety of disaggregation for Energy sector and sectors that are relevant for environmental and climate policy evaluation. Social accounting matrix (SAM) for India 2003-04 shows the interaction between production, income, consumption and capital accumulation. It can be used to provide an analysis of the interrelationship between the production structure of an economy and the distribution of incomes and expenditures of different household groups. It shows 9 household groups and can be used as basic data base for CGE modeling of the Indian economy. This SAM consists of 36 sectors of the economy, 3 factors of production and 9 categories of occupational households. Indian economy is becoming structurally biased towards capital intensive sectors like service and energy production. Most energy intensive sector is the energy production sector itself followed by transport and manufacturing as of 2003-2004.

India studies in business and economics, Sep 25, 2014

This paper describes concept and construction of environmentally Extended Social Accounting Matri... more This paper describes concept and construction of environmentally Extended Social Accounting Matrix (ESAM) for India for 2006-07. In our ESAM, there are 35 sectors, 9 household occupational categories. The ESAM shows inter relationship between the economic activities as well as their impact on GHG emissions and depletion of natural resources. The ESAM multiplier helps us to analyse direct and indirect-induced impact of growth in sectoral output on GHG emission. Sometimes researchers rely on the direct relationship between the economic activity and GHG emissions but their indirect and induced impact must be incorporated to see economy wide impact on GHG emission. In case of paddy the direct effect on GHG emission (6tons/rupees lakh of output) is substantially lower than their indirect and induced effect (32 tons /rupees lakh of output). Also this study shows that growth in service sector in India will not cause significant total impact on GHG emission.

Role of Gas-Fuelled Solutions in Support of Future Sustainable Energy World: Part II: Case Studies

Green energy and technology, 2018

Following Part I of this study, this chapter highlights each region in the world as having its ow... more Following Part I of this study, this chapter highlights each region in the world as having its own solution and approach to considering natural gas as a fuel of choice for smooth transition towards a sustainable energy world. Although energy sustainability is recognised as a global challenge, many of the issues inherent in this domain are site-specific. Therefore, it is necessary to identify suitable local solutions whilst taking into account resources, infrastructure, economic aspects, as well as the local/national energy policies. This means that there is not one solution that fits all cases; therefore, tailor-made solutions devised in mind of different circumstances need to be considered. The case study presented in this chapter compares different countries, i.e. industrial vs developing and those with national resources vs import dependent countries, with the aim of illuminating the fact that final choices and approaches that are seen to have a major impact on global warming due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuels might look very different. In this part of the study, focus is centred on the utilisation of natural gas as the ideal partner complementary to renewables in a future sustainable energy mix, in support of different regions’ policies. In this way, security of supply as a foundation for industrial development and the continued functioning of a modern society have to be maintained independent of the energy mix applied in each country. Different scenarios are presented and analysed in the case study, with attention paid towards discussing and illuminating the possible ways in which natural gas may be seen as a transition fuel from a global perspective so as to pave the way for the realisation of carbon-neutral or carbon-free energy solutions for the future. Since the examples presented cover four different categories of country (India, Iran, Norway and UK), combined characteristics may be recognised as representative for a large number of countries, thus making the generality of the conclusions rather strong.

Cambridge University Press eBooks, Nov 21, 2011

2022: Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Apr 4, 2022

Contribution of carbon pricing to meeting a mid-century net zero target

Climate Policy

Global Sustainability

Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings ... more Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. Technical summary We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and anima...

The Summary for Urban Policymakers of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report

The Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) initiative provides a distillation of the IPCC reports i... more The Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) initiative provides a distillation of the IPCC reports into accessible and targeted summaries that can help inform action at city and regional scales. This is a collection of the three volumes of the SUP series combined together.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Climate change impacts are being felt across sectors in all regions of the world, and adaptation ... more Climate change impacts are being felt across sectors in all regions of the world, and adaptation projects are being implemented to reduce climate risks and existing vulnerabilities. Climate adaptation actions also have significant synergies and tradeoffs with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5 on gender equality. Questions are increasingly being raised about the gendered and climate justice implications of different adaptation options. This paper investigates if reported climate change adaptation actions are contributing to advancing the goal of gender equality (SDG 5) or not. It focuses on linkages between individual targets of SDG 5 and climate change adaptation actions for nine major sectors where transformative climate actions are envisaged. The assessment is based on evidence of adaptation actions documented in 319 relevant research publications published during 2014–2020. Positive links to nine targets under SDG 5 are found in adaptation actions that are...

The Great Intergenerational Robbery: A Call for Concerted Action Against Environmental Crises

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Sustainability

Mainstreaming flood risk reduction into spatial planning (MFRRSP) recognizes the urgent need for ... more Mainstreaming flood risk reduction into spatial planning (MFRRSP) recognizes the urgent need for sustainable human settlement planning. Despite official recognition of MFRRSP in Thailand, repetitive damage from floods demonstrates gaps in concept and implementation. This paper examines the transition and challenges of flood risk reduction (FRR) practices in the spatial planning (SP) of the Bangkok and Sing Buri provinces of Thailand. Content analysis through computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDS) and in-depth interviews provide the evidence for the study. Twenty-two codes under seven assessments were extracted from the MFRRSP guidelines of international organizations. It was found that FRR was more mainstream in Thailand’s SP. The code in the next Sing Buri and Bangkok Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) was mentioned in 202.06% and 112.70% of the existing CLUP. The assessment area that deserves more attention is FRR preparedness and stakeholder participation, whic...

Global Warming of 1.5°C

Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global g... more Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V.

2007 status of climate change: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Summary for Policy-makers; Bilan 2007 des changements climatiques: l'attenuation des changements climatiques. Contributi...

Applied Sciences, 2021

In the climate change mitigation context based on the blue hydrogen concept, a narrative frame is... more In the climate change mitigation context based on the blue hydrogen concept, a narrative frame is presented in this paper to build the argument for solving the energy trilemma, which is the possibility of job loss and stranded asset accumulation with a sustainable energy solution in gas- and oil-rich regions, especially for the Persian Gulf region. To this aim, scientific evidence and multidimensional feasibility analysis have been employed for making the narrative around hydrogen clear in public and policy discourse so that choices towards acceleration of efforts can begin for paving the way for the future hydrogen economy and society. This can come from natural gas and petroleum-related skills, technologies, experience, and infrastructure. In this way, we present results using multidimensional feasibility analysis through STEEP and give examples of oil- and gas-producing countries to lead the transition action along the line of hydrogen-based economy in order to make quick moves t...

Energies, 2021

This study evaluated a potential transition of India’s power sector to 100% wind and solar energy... more This study evaluated a potential transition of India’s power sector to 100% wind and solar energy sources. Applying a macro-energy IDEEA (Indian Zero Carbon Energy Pathways) model to 32 regions and 114 locations of potential installation of wind energy and 60 locations of solar energy, we evaluated a 100% renewable power system in India as a concept. We considered 153 scenarios with varying sets of generating and balancing technologies to evaluate each intermittent energy source separately and their complementarity. Our analysis confirms the potential technical feasibility and long-term reliability of a 100% renewable system for India, even with solar and wind energy only. Such a dual energy source system can potentially deliver fivefold the annual demand of 2019. The robust, reliable supply can be achieved in the long term, as verified by 41 years of weather data. The required expansion of energy storage and the grid will depend on the wind and solar energy structure and the types ...

Environmental Research Letters, 2021

As current action remains insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris agreement let alone to stab... more As current action remains insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris agreement let alone to stabilize the climate, there is increasing hope that solutions related to demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation can close the gap. However, given these topics are not investigated by a single epistemic community, the literature base underpinning the associated research continues to be undefined. Here, we aim to delineate a plausible body of literature capturing a comprehensive spectrum of demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation. As method we use a novel double-stacked expert—machine learning research architecture and expert evaluation to develop a typology and map key messages relevant for climate change mitigation within this body of literature. First, relying on the official key words provided to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by governments (across 17 queries), and on specific investigations of domain experts (27 queries),...

International Energy Journal, Oct 29, 2020

How a natural gas rich developing economy like Bangladesh growing at ~7% annually in the prepande... more How a natural gas rich developing economy like Bangladesh growing at ~7% annually in the prepandemic period can envision a roadmap for Sustainable and Just energy transition using the investments in gas infrastructure is discussed in the article. Bangladesh is caught up in a complex combination of likely risks of rising stranded assets, redundancy of jobs in the fossil fuel sector, need for cleaner available innovation and technology through global partnership to meet the inevitable increase in energy service demand. We make a case for the new use option of Bangladesh drilling wells and the infrastructure dedicated so far to extract and use domestic natural gas reserves. Utilization of gas exploration wells and depleted wells for the generation of geothermal heat and power can help in leapfrog with a drastic reduction in the cost of installation of geothermal plants and without job loss. This article provides learnings based on other country experiences related to the use of depleted wells for geothermal production. Available data from one of the gas reservoirs for three wells in Kailashtila gas field has been used to assess the potential. The simulation result shows that using existing wells as a geothermal heat source with heat pumps is not the best option for cooling only applications. Absorption chiller would be a better choice for heat-based cooling. However, a combination of seasonal cooling and heating with heat storage in geothermal wells during hot periods and heat utilization for space heating during cold periods presents a very attractive energy solution option. But more detailed systematic studies including detailed calculation of geothermal energy generation potential for Bangladesh with feasibility assessment can be conclusively done with site specific data access and are necessary to fully explore the technical and economic potential.

International Energy Journal, Oct 29, 2020

Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environmental Sustainability

While climate change is expected to exacerbate human health risks, it also provides an excellent ... more While climate change is expected to exacerbate human health risks, it also provides an excellent opportunity for defining and implementing preventive actions. Developing nations like India, with low infrastructure facilities, limited resources, varied development priorities and, often with large population, are particularly vulnerable to health impacts - more so under the climate change regime. The greatest challenge facing the current Indian health service provisioning system is that it has to cater to the health service needs of its large population within a short time and with sustainable impact. Limited health ‘cure infrastructure' (low per capita availability of doctor, hospital beds, etc.), lack of qualified health practitioners, absence of a strong monitoring system in disease surveillance and rising cost of ‘cure infrastructure' are some of the major drawbacks of the existing system in India. There is therefore, a need for mainstreaming more preventive measures which...

Industry contributes directly and indirectly (through consumed electricity) about 37% of the glob... more Industry contributes directly and indirectly (through consumed electricity) about 37% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, of which over 80% is from energy use. Total energy-related emissions, which were 9.9 GtCO2 in 2004, have grown by 65% since 1971. Even so, industry has almost continuously improved its energy efficiency over the past decades. In the near future, energy efficiency is potentially the most important and costeffective means for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from industry. This paper discusses the potential contribution of industrial energy efficiency technologies and policies to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions to 2030.

Social Science Research Network, 2009

This paper provides the latest SAM for Indian economy with wide variety of disaggregation for Ene... more This paper provides the latest SAM for Indian economy with wide variety of disaggregation for Energy sector and sectors that are relevant for environmental and climate policy evaluation. Social accounting matrix (SAM) for India 2003-04 shows the interaction between production, income, consumption and capital accumulation. It can be used to provide an analysis of the interrelationship between the production structure of an economy and the distribution of incomes and expenditures of different household groups. It shows 9 household groups and can be used as basic data base for CGE modeling of the Indian economy. This SAM consists of 36 sectors of the economy, 3 factors of production and 9 categories of occupational households. Indian economy is becoming structurally biased towards capital intensive sectors like service and energy production. Most energy intensive sector is the energy production sector itself followed by transport and manufacturing as of 2003-2004.

India studies in business and economics, Sep 25, 2014

This paper describes concept and construction of environmentally Extended Social Accounting Matri... more This paper describes concept and construction of environmentally Extended Social Accounting Matrix (ESAM) for India for 2006-07. In our ESAM, there are 35 sectors, 9 household occupational categories. The ESAM shows inter relationship between the economic activities as well as their impact on GHG emissions and depletion of natural resources. The ESAM multiplier helps us to analyse direct and indirect-induced impact of growth in sectoral output on GHG emission. Sometimes researchers rely on the direct relationship between the economic activity and GHG emissions but their indirect and induced impact must be incorporated to see economy wide impact on GHG emission. In case of paddy the direct effect on GHG emission (6tons/rupees lakh of output) is substantially lower than their indirect and induced effect (32 tons /rupees lakh of output). Also this study shows that growth in service sector in India will not cause significant total impact on GHG emission.

Role of Gas-Fuelled Solutions in Support of Future Sustainable Energy World: Part II: Case Studies

Green energy and technology, 2018

Following Part I of this study, this chapter highlights each region in the world as having its ow... more Following Part I of this study, this chapter highlights each region in the world as having its own solution and approach to considering natural gas as a fuel of choice for smooth transition towards a sustainable energy world. Although energy sustainability is recognised as a global challenge, many of the issues inherent in this domain are site-specific. Therefore, it is necessary to identify suitable local solutions whilst taking into account resources, infrastructure, economic aspects, as well as the local/national energy policies. This means that there is not one solution that fits all cases; therefore, tailor-made solutions devised in mind of different circumstances need to be considered. The case study presented in this chapter compares different countries, i.e. industrial vs developing and those with national resources vs import dependent countries, with the aim of illuminating the fact that final choices and approaches that are seen to have a major impact on global warming due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuels might look very different. In this part of the study, focus is centred on the utilisation of natural gas as the ideal partner complementary to renewables in a future sustainable energy mix, in support of different regions’ policies. In this way, security of supply as a foundation for industrial development and the continued functioning of a modern society have to be maintained independent of the energy mix applied in each country. Different scenarios are presented and analysed in the case study, with attention paid towards discussing and illuminating the possible ways in which natural gas may be seen as a transition fuel from a global perspective so as to pave the way for the realisation of carbon-neutral or carbon-free energy solutions for the future. Since the examples presented cover four different categories of country (India, Iran, Norway and UK), combined characteristics may be recognised as representative for a large number of countries, thus making the generality of the conclusions rather strong.

Cambridge University Press eBooks, Nov 21, 2011

2022: Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Apr 4, 2022

Contribution of carbon pricing to meeting a mid-century net zero target

Climate Policy

Global Sustainability

Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings ... more Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. Technical summary We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and anima...

The Summary for Urban Policymakers of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report

The Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) initiative provides a distillation of the IPCC reports i... more The Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) initiative provides a distillation of the IPCC reports into accessible and targeted summaries that can help inform action at city and regional scales. This is a collection of the three volumes of the SUP series combined together.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Climate change impacts are being felt across sectors in all regions of the world, and adaptation ... more Climate change impacts are being felt across sectors in all regions of the world, and adaptation projects are being implemented to reduce climate risks and existing vulnerabilities. Climate adaptation actions also have significant synergies and tradeoffs with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5 on gender equality. Questions are increasingly being raised about the gendered and climate justice implications of different adaptation options. This paper investigates if reported climate change adaptation actions are contributing to advancing the goal of gender equality (SDG 5) or not. It focuses on linkages between individual targets of SDG 5 and climate change adaptation actions for nine major sectors where transformative climate actions are envisaged. The assessment is based on evidence of adaptation actions documented in 319 relevant research publications published during 2014–2020. Positive links to nine targets under SDG 5 are found in adaptation actions that are...

The Great Intergenerational Robbery: A Call for Concerted Action Against Environmental Crises

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Sustainability

Mainstreaming flood risk reduction into spatial planning (MFRRSP) recognizes the urgent need for ... more Mainstreaming flood risk reduction into spatial planning (MFRRSP) recognizes the urgent need for sustainable human settlement planning. Despite official recognition of MFRRSP in Thailand, repetitive damage from floods demonstrates gaps in concept and implementation. This paper examines the transition and challenges of flood risk reduction (FRR) practices in the spatial planning (SP) of the Bangkok and Sing Buri provinces of Thailand. Content analysis through computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDS) and in-depth interviews provide the evidence for the study. Twenty-two codes under seven assessments were extracted from the MFRRSP guidelines of international organizations. It was found that FRR was more mainstream in Thailand’s SP. The code in the next Sing Buri and Bangkok Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) was mentioned in 202.06% and 112.70% of the existing CLUP. The assessment area that deserves more attention is FRR preparedness and stakeholder participation, whic...

Global Warming of 1.5°C

Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global g... more Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V.

2007 status of climate change: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Summary for Policy-makers; Bilan 2007 des changements climatiques: l'attenuation des changements climatiques. Contributi...

Applied Sciences, 2021

In the climate change mitigation context based on the blue hydrogen concept, a narrative frame is... more In the climate change mitigation context based on the blue hydrogen concept, a narrative frame is presented in this paper to build the argument for solving the energy trilemma, which is the possibility of job loss and stranded asset accumulation with a sustainable energy solution in gas- and oil-rich regions, especially for the Persian Gulf region. To this aim, scientific evidence and multidimensional feasibility analysis have been employed for making the narrative around hydrogen clear in public and policy discourse so that choices towards acceleration of efforts can begin for paving the way for the future hydrogen economy and society. This can come from natural gas and petroleum-related skills, technologies, experience, and infrastructure. In this way, we present results using multidimensional feasibility analysis through STEEP and give examples of oil- and gas-producing countries to lead the transition action along the line of hydrogen-based economy in order to make quick moves t...

Energies, 2021

This study evaluated a potential transition of India’s power sector to 100% wind and solar energy... more This study evaluated a potential transition of India’s power sector to 100% wind and solar energy sources. Applying a macro-energy IDEEA (Indian Zero Carbon Energy Pathways) model to 32 regions and 114 locations of potential installation of wind energy and 60 locations of solar energy, we evaluated a 100% renewable power system in India as a concept. We considered 153 scenarios with varying sets of generating and balancing technologies to evaluate each intermittent energy source separately and their complementarity. Our analysis confirms the potential technical feasibility and long-term reliability of a 100% renewable system for India, even with solar and wind energy only. Such a dual energy source system can potentially deliver fivefold the annual demand of 2019. The robust, reliable supply can be achieved in the long term, as verified by 41 years of weather data. The required expansion of energy storage and the grid will depend on the wind and solar energy structure and the types ...

Environmental Research Letters, 2021

As current action remains insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris agreement let alone to stab... more As current action remains insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris agreement let alone to stabilize the climate, there is increasing hope that solutions related to demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation can close the gap. However, given these topics are not investigated by a single epistemic community, the literature base underpinning the associated research continues to be undefined. Here, we aim to delineate a plausible body of literature capturing a comprehensive spectrum of demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation. As method we use a novel double-stacked expert—machine learning research architecture and expert evaluation to develop a typology and map key messages relevant for climate change mitigation within this body of literature. First, relying on the official key words provided to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by governments (across 17 queries), and on specific investigations of domain experts (27 queries),...

Asia’s rapidly growing cities are gearing up to meet increasing mobility needs while simultaneous... more Asia’s rapidly growing cities are gearing up to meet increasing mobility needs while simultaneously striving to achieve sustainability goals. A number of new innovations are being introduced in the form of experiments aiming to change the systems and rule-sets that currently dominate the provision of mobility services in Asian cities. This chapter analyses selected cases of mobility experiments in India and Thailand and explores the strategies that the niche actors deploy to navigate the challenges posed by incumbent socio-technical regimes. The chapter concludes that whilst niche actors tried to stretch-and-transform technological, infrastructural and cultural dimensions of regimes, they opted to fit-and-conform with public policy and political power dimensions.