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Sivan Kartha
sivan.kartha@sei-international.org
Telephone: +1(617) 627 3786 x. 5#
Title: Senior Scientist
Role: Theme co-leader, Reducing Climate Risk
Centre: US
Sivan Kartha’s research focuses on technological options and policy strategies for addressing climate change.
Most recently, Sivan has concentrated on equity and efficiency in the design of an international climate regime. He is one of the authors of the Greenhouse Development Rights framework for burden-sharing in the global climate regime, an approach that places the urgency of the climate crisis in the context of the equally dire development crisis afflicting the world's poor majority.
Sivan’s work has been supported by international organizations, government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University in 1993.
Publications
Biomass in a Low-Carbon Economy: Resource Scarcity, Climate Change, and Business in a Finite World (Policy brief) (Policy brief - 2012)
Biomass in a Low-Carbon Economy: Resource Scarcity, Climate Change, and Business in a Finite World (Project report - 2012)
Discourses of the Global South (Book chapter - 2012)
The North-South divide, equity and development – The need for trust-building for emergency mobilisation (Book chapter - 2012)
India and Africa at COP 17 – The false dichotomy of ‘survival vs.development’ (Journal article - 2012)
Comparing climate strategies: Economic optimization versus equitable burden-sharing (Paper - 2011)
Reducing Climate Risk Factsheet (Fact sheet - 2011)
The Economics of Climate Change in China: Towards a Low-Carbon Economy (Book - 2011)
Comparison of Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 pledges under the Cancún Agreements (Working paper - 2011)
Comparison of Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 pledges under the Cancún Agreements (Policy brief) (Policy brief - 2011)
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