Girijesh Pant’s scientific contributions

South Asia is the leading consumer of energy, out of which hydrocarbon accounts for a predominant share. However, it is neither richly endowed with hydrocarbons nor has been able to harness its potential comprehensively. Consequently, with economies gaining pace, it has become an energy-deficit region, meeting most of its demand from imports. There is no uniform path to transition because every country has its ecosystem, and there is no one size that fits all. Each country has to invent its path reflecting on the convergence of multiple factors drawing from the local and global milieu. The transition path in South Asia has to be conceptualised as part of a global transition project because failing of any country to meet its target has obvious implications for global targets. In the case of South Asia, which is one of the big emitters of carbon, the global stakes are relatively high. I