Publications

Reframing of Global Strategies and Regional Cooperation Pathways for an Inclusive Net-Zero Strategy in the Energy Transition Framework

Dongmei Chen, Julio Arboleda, Jitendra Roychoudhury, Majed A. Al Suwailem

Enhancing Environmental, Social and Governance Frameworks To Scale Up Climate Finance

Fatih Yılmaz, Jitendra Roychoudhury, Emre Hatipoglu

Pragmatic Policy Support to Enable a Sustainable Energy Transition in Marine Fuels and Related Infrastructure

T20

Emre Hatipoglu, Jitendra Roychoudhury, Saumitra Saxena, Anurag Pal Sehgal, Nourah Al Hosain, Puneet Kamboj

Enabling Pragmatic Policies: Leveraging ESG Frameworks Towards a Just Transition

T20

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Emre Hatipoglu, Sara Lechtenberg-Kasten, Puneet Kamboj

Availing Existing Frameworks to Enable a Clean and Sustainable Transition in the Transport Sector

T20

While there is an immediate need to tackle global environmental issues, the decarbonization of the transport sector represents a key challenge at the policy level and in particular the financial and environmental sustainability of this process. This is of critical…

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Puneet Kamboj, Saumitra Saxena, Anurag Pal Sehgal

World’s First Blue Ammonia Shipment Signals Prospective New Low-Carbon Energy Trade for Saudi Arabia

Rami Shabaneh, Majed A. Al Suwailem, Jitendra Roychoudhury

On September 27, 2020, Saudi Aramco successfully exported the world’s first shipment of carbon-neutral ammonia to Japan, helping to fuel the nascent Japanese hydrogen economy. This pilot shipment of 40 tonnes is an important realization of the hydrogen economy for…

Shabaneh, Rami

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Leveraging Private Philanthropy Towards Achieving the SDGs

T20

There is a significant funding gap hindering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries. Philanthropic organizations, therefore, have a unique opportunity to help meet these targets by providing the much-needed additional capital and expertise. However, according…

David Dingus, Dinah Bennett, Alejandra Cardini, Natasha Ridge, Iván Matovich, Jitendra Roychoudhury

Leveraging Digital Technology to Bridge the Global Knowledge Divide: the Promise of MOOCs Revisited

T20

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) can be critical in bridging the global knowledge divide. However, the promise of MOOCs has remained largely unfulfilled, mainly because of the global digital divide. The closure of schools following the COVID-19 pandemic has reignited…

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Abdul Ghaffar Mughal, Sadiq M. Sait, Rym Ayadi

Saudi Arabian Cement Companies: Upgrading Through Leveraging Overcapacity

Jitendra Roychoudhury

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s annual cement production capacity of 72.4 million tonnes is the highest of any Gulf country. From 2001-2005, Saudi cement production grew at a compound annual growth rate of almost 8%. However, its annual production in…

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

India’s Automotive Fuel Policies: Evolution and Challenges

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Jitendra Roychoudhury

India, like many other countries, is seeking to diversify its automotive fuel mix away from conventional petroleum fuels to alternate, cleaner fuels. The primary reasons for its diversification are energy security and public health due to harmful emissions from automotive…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

The Use of Blockchain Technology in Saudi Logistics

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Pavithra Kumar Shetty

On September 21, 2019, Saudi Customs, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Saudi Ports Authority, and the logistics firm, A.P. Moller – Maersk, jointly announced the successful completion of a blockchain pilot project tracking a shipping container from…

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Shetty, Pavithra Kumar

India’s Oil Imports: Achilles’ Heel or Economic Javelin?

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Paul Mollet, Jitendra Roychoudhury

Presenting India’s 2019 budget on July 5, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sketched out the Modi government’s vision of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2024, almost doubling the country’s current gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.73 trillion. To achieve this…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Mollet, Paul

Roychoudhury, Jitendra