Heat Stress Monitoring for Outdoor Workers, Powered by EHI-N*

Heat Stress Monitoring for Outdoor Workers, Powered by EHI-N*

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Scaling data-driven heat action planning using CHAITRA – City Heat Action Intelligence and Risk Atlas

Scaling data-driven heat action planning using CHAITRA – City Heat Action Intelligence and Risk Atlas

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Opinion: How SECI’s thermal mimic auction for clean energy producers has changed the game in India

Opinion: How SECI’s thermal mimic auction for clean energy producers has changed the game in India

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India’s Renewable Energy Breakthrough: Coal-Like Reliability at a Lower Fixed Price

India’s Renewable Energy Breakthrough: Coal-Like Reliability at a Lower Fixed Price

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The India Energy & Climate Center (IECC) at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy leverages clean energy technology and policy expertise at the world’s top public university, Silicon Valley, and the state of California to catalyze the rapid transformation of energy systems that can deliver significant environmental, economic, and energy security benefits.

We work collaboratively with Indian policymakers and business leaders to design an innovation and deployment ecosystem through tech-informed policy design, capacity building, a leadership dialogue platform and south-to-south collaboration.

Year-to-Date Impact​

In-person & Virtual Briefings
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We regularly conduct high-impact briefings across India. These sessions serve as platforms to translate cutting-edge research into actionable insights, advising and policy support.

Policymakers & Key Stakeholders
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Through tailored engagements with policymakers and key energy stakeholders, we foster meaningful knowledge exchange and capacity building. 

Central & State Agencies
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We work closely with diverse central and state agencies across India, providing timely insights that inform energy planning, policy design, and implementation.

Heat Intelligence for Driving Action

Two decision-support tools and accompanying reports to strengthen heat resilience planning in India

SHRAM
CHAITRA

The Economic Case for Green Steel Production in India

Green-hydrogen-based steel can become cheaper than new blast-furnace steel in India by 2030.

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    The Challenge
    India is facing challenges as it relates to the climate crisis, industrial competitiveness, and energy security. This comes at a time where clean technology costs have dropped rapidly giving India a unique opportunity to leapfrog traditional development trajectories and become a leader in the green economy.
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    The Approach
    The IECC strives to ‘meet the moment’, undertaking a systemic approach to issues of the clean energy transition including industrial competitiveness, energy security, and health benefits associated with emissions reduction. This will be achieved through integrated policy research, that is then translated into engagement with policymakers across different sectors.
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    The Mission
    Our mission is to power sustainable economic growth for India and the world through tech-informed policy, capacity building, U.S.-India dialogue and south-to-south collaboration.

Impact Areas

We focus on six interconnected impact areas to drive clean, secure, and climate-resilient solutions for India and the world.

Power

Resilience to
Climate Impacts

Industry

Transport

Political Economy & Transition

South-South Collaboration

Latest Research

EHI-N*: A Modified Extended Heat Index for Laboring Populations
EHI-N*: A Modified Extended Heat Index for Laboring Populations

Approximately 2.4 billion workers perform manual labor globally, yet current heat stress indices are calibrated to sedentary individuals, systematically underestimating risk for active workers.

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CHAITRA – City Heat Action InTelligence and Risk Atlas Scaling evidence-based heat action planning in India
CHAITRA – City Heat Action InTelligence and Risk Atlas Scaling evidence-based heat action planning in India

Heat Action Plans (HAPs) have evolved over the past decade into India’s principal framework for urban heat preparedness.

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Manual Work Under Extreme Heat: Using EHI-N* to protect laboring populations
Manual Work Under Extreme Heat: Using EHI-N* to protect laboring populations

India’s roughly 380 million outdoor and heat-exposed workers face escalating danger from extreme heat, yet the metrics used to declare heatwaves and trigger protective action systematically underestimate their risk.

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Opinion: How SECI’s thermal mimic auction for clean energy producers has changed the game in India
Opinion: How SECI’s thermal mimic auction for clean energy producers has changed the game in India

India has moved from procuring cheap renewable energy to procuring firm renewable power shaped around when consumers need it.

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