Kapil Narula

Dr. Kapil Narula is currently employed as Economic Affairs Officer at UN ESCWA, Beirut. His career goal is to “provide a leadership role to the world, onto a path of sustainable development”. Kapil holds a PhD in Development Studies (focus on energy, economics, sustainability and policy) and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He has over 18 years of work experience in the industry, as a policy maker, researcher, and in academics. He works on technical, environmental and social aspects of energy transition and sustainability. His past work includes heat decarbonisation, energy access, energy security, energy policy and energy modeling amongst others.

Prior to joining the United Nations, he was Advisor (Energy) at NITI Aayog which is a policy think tank of the Government of India. Before that he was a Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the University of Geneva. In the past, Kapil served as a Commander in the Indian Navy (IN) where he worked onboard ships and was the Head of Faculty of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Indian Naval Academy, Kerala. Kapil played a key role in formulating an energy and environment policy for the IN. He also worked at the National Maritime Foundation (maritime think tank), New Delhi and continues to be an Honorary Adjunct Fellow.

Kapil is the author/editor of seven books on energy and maritime issues and is on the Editorial Board of various academic journals. As an emerging leader in the field of energy and sustainability, he intends to put his ideas into practice for furthering sustainable development.

He has a Ph.D. in Development Studies and specializes in energy and sustainability. For the past 11 years, he has directly worked on SDG 7, 13 and 14 across multiple geographies and in different organizations. Some of my profiles and links to publications are given below which highlights my past work on sustainability.

ONLINE PROFILE
https://www.gpods.org/mentors-summer-2021
https://maritimeindia.org/kapil_narula/
https://www.ifz.at/en/ias-sts/fellows/narula-kapil-india
https://www.drawdown.org/fellows/kapil-narula

Dr. Kapil Narula

https://glp.earth/users/kapil-narula
https://www.weadapt.org/member/kapilnarula
https://www.unece.org/cicppp/cecimeetings/icp/events/2019/twelfth-session-of-the-team-of-specialists-on-innovation-and-competitiveness-policies/kapil-narula.html

LINKS TO PUBLICATIONS
https://gfri.academia.edu/KapilNarula
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-0899
https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=C5NklMoAAAAJ&hl=de
https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/kapil-narula1/
https://www2.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6506432562
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kapil_Narula
https://www.waterstones.com/books/search/term/kapil+narula

Competency Areas

Energy: Energy economics, energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy, energy markets, energy security, energy and development, energy policy, energy audits, energy modelling, decarbonization of heating, district heating

Environment and sustainability: Circular economy, sustainable development, marine environment, climate change, climate finance, adaptation and mitigation, SDGs
Maritime: Blue Economy, maritime sustainability, shipping emissions, ocean governance

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS

• International Board of Advisors, Global Policy Insights (Think Tank)
• Honorary Adjunct Fellow, National Maritime Foundation (Think Tank), New Delhi, India
• Specialist Consultant – Trade, Oceans and Natural Resources Advisory Directorate, Commonwealth Secretariat
• Mentor, International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD)
• Mentor, School of Climate Change 2021, Oxford Climate Society
• Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project, Lund University, Sweden
• Research Fellow, Project Drawdown Coalition, Sausalito, CA, United States
• Member, World Energy & Meteorology Council (WEMC), Norwich, UK
• Member, South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), Kathmandu, Nepal
• Member, Institute of Engineers, India; Life Member, Indian Society for Training & Development, India

How will you demonstrate your commitment to support in achieving short- and/or long-term global alliances’ goals?

As we come to the close of a challenging year, I would like to reaffirm my commitment to equitable and sustainable global development. The partnership is an important theme of SDGs and I believe that it is essential to build new connections and consolidate old ones. I would therefore take this opportunity to cooperate with like-minded professionals on various aspects of sustainable development. I look forward to actively mentoring young leaders and look forward to engaging with fellow professionals to achieve global goals.