Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan

Biographic Data

ID4017457
NAMESaritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan
GIVEN NAMESSaritha Sudharmma
FAMILY NAMEVishwanathan
SIGNATUREVISHWANATHAN S S
AFFILIATIONSIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
ORCID0000-0002-1117-1812
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Coal mine workers in the climate transition

    Open AccessAugustin Danneaux, Thomas Le Gallic et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2026

    Transitioning away from fossil fuels poses significant challenges for coal-dependent workers and regions. While anticipating job losses is crucial for designing effective policy responses, we examine the future of coal workers across time and geographies in China and India under mitigation scenarios. We focus on mine workers who have been less studied, outnumber those in coal power plants, and are more geographically concentrated. Our approach en…

  • Global soil organic carbon sequestration potential under sustainable food systems and climate mitigation

    Open AccessDianti Farhana Kamasela, Shinichiro Fujimori et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2025

    Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration is a key nature-based solution to mitigate climate change. Previous studies have highlighted its potential and the role of improve management practice, but many relied on static land-use assumptions or limited spatial data, overlooking socio-economic and climate-driven changes that affect land availability. This study assessed the global SOC sequestration potential of cropland and bioenergy land under three…

  • India’s pathway to net zero by 2070

    Open AccessVaibhav Chaturvedi, Anjali Viswamohanan et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024

    The announcement of India’s 2070 net-zero target has demonstrated the power of a credible policy signal and changed the course of India’s climate debate. While the Government of India (GoI) has not specified whether this target refers to carbon-dioxide or all greenhouse gases, the announcement has been a watershed moment in India’s climate policy. From questions related to whether and at what pace should India decarbonize its economy, various act…

  • SDG implications of water-energy system transitions in India, for NDC, 2 °C, and well below 2 °C scenarios

    Open AccessSaritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan, Amit Garg et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021

    India needs to address the immediate concerns of water supply and demand, due to its increasing population, rapid urbanization, and growing industrialization. Additionally, the changing climate will influence water resources, which will subsequently impact the overall sectoral end-use demand patterns. In this study, we have integrated a water module with the existing bottom-up, techno-economic Asia–Pacific Integrated Model/End-use energy system m…

  • Implications of various effort-sharing approaches for national carbon budgets and emission pathways

    Open AccessNicole J van den Berg, Heleen Van Soest et al.ARTICLEClimatic Change2020

    The bottom-up approach of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the Paris Agreement has led countries to self-determine their greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. The planned ‘ratcheting-up’ process, which aims to ensure that the NDCs comply with the overall goal of limiting global average temperature increase to well below 2 °C or even 1.5 °C, will most likely include some evaluation of ‘fairness’ of these reduction targe…

  • Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris Agreement

    Open AccessMark Roelfsema, Heleen Van Soest et al.ARTICLENature Communications2020

    Many countries have implemented national climate policies to accomplish pledged Nationally Determined Contributions and to contribute to the temperature objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change. In 2023, the global stocktake will assess the combined effort of countries. Here, based on a public policy database and a multi-model scenario analysis, we show that implementation of current policies leaves a median emission gap of 22.4 to 28.…

  • Reducing stranded assets through early action in the Indian power sector

    Open AccessAman Malik, Christoph Bertram et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2020

    Cost-effective achievement of the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals requires the unanimous phase-out of coal power generation by mid-century. However, continued investments in coal power plants will make this transition difficult. India is one of the major countries with significant under construction and planned increase in coal power capacity. To ascertain the likelihood and consequences of the continued expansion of coal power for India’s futu…

  • Macroeconomic assessment of India’s development and mitigation pathways

    Open AccessDipti Gupta, Frédéric Ghersi et al.ARTICLEClimate Policy2019

    Although a rapidly growing economy, India faces many challenges, including in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Moreover, post-2020 climate actions outlined in India’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement envision development along low-carbon emission pathways. With coal providing almost three-quarters of Indian electricity, achieving such targets will have wide-ranging implications for…

  • Achieving sustainable development in India along low carbon pathways

    Open AccessDipti Gupta, Frédéric Ghersi et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2019Cited by: 3