About Us

The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is an independent,not-for-profit policy research institution. CEEW addresses pressing global challenges through an integrated and internationally focused approach. It does so through high quality research, partnerships with public and private institutions, and engagement with and outreach to the wider public. Among its major initiatives, CEEW has: published the 584-page National Water Resources Framework Study for India's 12th Five Year Plan; written India's first report on global governance, submitted to the National Security Adviser; assessed India's 22 gigawatt solar mission; developed an innovation ecosystem framework for India; facilitated the $100 million India-U.S. Joint Clean Energy R&D Centre; worked on geoengineering governance (with UK's Royal Society and the IPCC); created the Maharashtra-Guangdong partnership on sustainability; published research on energy-trade-climate linkages (including on governing clean energy subsidies for Rio+20); produced comprehensive reports and briefed negotiators on climate finance; and supported Bihar with minor irrigation reform and for water-climate adaptation frameworks.