The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a globally recognized think tank with more than 30 years of experience working to solve today’s greatest sustainable development challenges. We combine deep expertise across critical policy areas with a collaborative approach to research, advice, and hands-on support that delivers real-world results. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, we are a diverse team of over 300 experts working from offices in Canada and Switzerland as well as other locations around the world.
The position is based within the IISD Energy Program (http://www.iisd.org/energy), a diverse and rapidly growing team of over 40 experts based in the IISD Geneva and Ottawa offices and remotely in India, Indonesia, and South Africa, and other countries. The Policy Analyst will work remotely within IISD Energy’s India country program but will be based in Delhi.
At an international level, our work program delivers cutting-edge research and practical policy support for energy policy reforms in developed and developing countries, including the reform of fossil fuel subsidies (worth at least USD 500 billion per year globally), energy taxation, and implementing commitments to go beyond fossil fuels. This includes aligning financial flows with safe climate targets and facilitating just transitions to renewable energy, looking at both production and consumption. We work closely with international institutions such as the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance, Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the International Energy Agency, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, among others. Our approach is hands-on through country-level research and outreach in Canada, India, Indonesia, and South Africa, as well as via international forums such as the G7, G20, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
In India, IISD has largely focused on the creation of knowledge and dialogue on government support for energy transition, including data on subsidies for fossil fuels, renewables, and electric vehicles; how to sustainably reform consumer subsidies for liquefied petroleum gas, kerosene, and electricity; how to effectively subsidize clean energy, including solar irrigation, solar photovoltaic manufacturing, and electric vehicles; planning for a just transition; and how state-owned enterprises and public finance can better align with energy transition. We engage with government agencies at a central and state level (including the Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Finance and NITI Aayog) and typically partner with national think tanks and consultancies, including the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Climate Parliament, CUTS, ICRIER, IDCG, IFC India, KPMG, Morsel, IRADe and TERI.