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Independent research · Economics × Climate × Data

The economics of a sustainable future.

How the shift to a low-carbon world is reshaping economies, industries and jobs, with a focus on India and the developing world.

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The Magazine · Quarterly

Issue 01: Carbon Has a Price

Every issue takes one theme and follows the money: who pays, who gains, and what changes for India.

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The GreenShift NO. 01

Cover story

What does a tonne of CO₂ cost?

Carbon taxes, credit markets, and the border tax coming for Indian steel.

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  1. 01
    What does a tonne of CO₂ cost?Externalities, Pigouvian taxes, and carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade.
  2. 02
    Carbon credits, decodedCompliance vs. voluntary markets, and why offsets get criticised.
  3. 03
    The world's carbon pricesA two-page data spread of who prices carbon, and how much.
  4. 04
    The border tax coming for Indian steelThe EU's CBAM, exposed exports, and India's own carbon market.
  5. 05
    Industry snapshot: steelWhy it's carbon-heavy, and what green steel would change.
  6. 06
    What students thinkAn original survey of classmates on carbon pricing.
  7. 07
    Career profile: Carbon Market AnalystThe job, the skills, and the path in.
  8. 08
    Myth vs. fact"Carbon taxes always hurt the poor." Do they?

In production

Explainers

The language of the transition

Short, plain-language guides to the terms behind every headline. Start here if you're new.

Net Zero

Why countries promise it, and what it actually requires of an economy.

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Carbon credits

How a tonne of avoided emissions becomes something you can buy and sell.

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ESG

How investors score companies on environment, social and governance, and the critiques.

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Circular economy

Designing waste out of the system, and who profits when products last longer.

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Green hydrogen

The fuel for industries electricity can't reach, and why it's still expensive.

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Climate adaptation

The economics of preparing for impacts we can no longer avoid.

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Follow the money

Tap the gold dots to see where green money goes. Tap the bank to make it rain.

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Research & Data

Original work, with the data shown

Every finding names its source, its method and its limits. Code lives on GitHub.

Research paper · 2027

Does renewable energy adoption move with GDP growth in developing economies?

Planned

Dashboard

India Renewables Tracker

State-by-state renewable capacity and energy mix, built from public data.

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Annual report

The State of the Transition

Once a year: the policies, industries and careers that moved the most.

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Green Careers

Jobs the transition is creating

Profiles of emerging roles: what the work is, the skills it takes, and how people got there.

Finance

Carbon Market Analyst

Prices and trades emissions allowances and credits.

Investing

ESG Analyst

Assesses how companies manage climate and social risk.

Risk

Climate Risk Analyst

Models how floods, heat and policy hit balance sheets.

Energy

Renewable Energy Engineer

Designs and runs solar, wind and storage systems.

Issue roadmap

Eight themes, one a quarter

  1. 01 · Now

    Carbon Has a PriceCarbon taxes, credits and CBAM

  2. 02

    The Electric ShiftEVs, batteries and auto jobs

  3. 03

    The Coal QuestionThe just transition for coal regions

  4. 04

    Fast Fashion's ReckoningTextiles and the circular economy

  5. 05

    Money Goes GreenGreen bonds, ESG and greenwashing

  6. 06

    Farming a Hotter WorldClimate risk and food prices

  7. 07

    The Hydrogen BetHype or the future?

  8. 08

    Jobs of 2040Who wins and who loses
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Big ideas, explained in minutes

Short videos that break down the economics behind climate headlines.

About

Why this project exists

Most people treat climate change as an environmental problem. It is also one of the biggest economic shifts in modern history, changing how countries produce energy, how companies make money and which careers will exist in twenty years.

The GreenShift is an independent student research project, started by Khyavi Chheda, that studies that shift through economics, data and computer science.

How the work is done

  • Sourced. Every number links to where it came from.
  • Dated. Every issue says when its data was checked.
  • Honest about limits. Research names what it can't show.
  • India first. Global trends, read through a developing-economy lens.