ABOUT

Shubham Love is a Master of Environmental Studies candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, concentrating in Environmental Policy. With an engineering background in Biotechnology, his work bridges the gap between molecular-level agricultural science and macro-level climate governance.

His research primarily explores the nexus of sustainable agriculture, climate change, energy policy, and carbon markets, with a rigorous focus on sustainable nitrogen management. His graduate research includes methods to harness carbon markets to reduce N₂O emissions and promote sustainable practices among smallholder farmers in India.

Professional Experience & Research

Shubham currently serves as a Research Assistant for the Sustainable Agriculture Fund at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, where he contributes to developing climate-smart, resilient food systems. His prior experience includes serving as a consultant for the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD).

Shubham utilizes R, Python, and ArcGIS Pro to conduct geospatial and statistical modeling. He has developed and published open-source R packages on CRAN, including ‘NUETON‘—designed for calculating Nitrogen Use Efficiency indices—and ‘PlateVision‘ for processing qPCR results. These tools reflect his commitment to creating open-access, science-driven solutions for complex environmental challenges.

Science Communication & Advocacy

A dedicated science communicator, Shubham maintains haevyre.com, a research-based blog where he publishes analytical essays on climate policy, energy, and food security for a global audience.

His commitment to environmental advocacy began at age 12 when he founded Thundertigers, a youth-led initiative focused on the conservation of India’s declining tiger population.

Through Thundertigers, he led a cohort of young volunteers in campaigning and fundraising, garnering recognition from national media outlets such as The Indian Express. This early exposure to the intersection of public awareness and environmental action continues to inform his approach to evidence-based governance.

Creative Pursuits

Beyond his academic and professional work, Shubham is an avid wildlife and space photographer, capturing the natural world through a lens that complements his conservation efforts.

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Publications

Harnessing Carbon Markets to Promote Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Indian Agriculture

Capstone Project | Shubham Love | May 18, 2026

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is a potent greenhouse gas and an ozone-depleting substance. India is among the largest global contributors to N₂O emissions due to intensive nitrogen fertiliser use across a predominantly smallholder farming landscape. Subsidized urea keeps input costs artificially low, making high application rates the economically rational choice for farmers and leaving no farm-level financial incentive for nitrogen reduction. This study examines whether a voluntary carbon market can fill that gap by generating additional farmer revenue through verified N₂O emission reductions. Using a national-scale geospatial framework developed in the study, India’s agricultural N₂O inventory is estimated at 144.71 MtCO₂e and disaggregated into priority market segments, with simulated market valuations ranging from $14.47 million to $173.65 million across three scenarios. The study identifies government programs and elements of existing public digital infrastructure that help resolve the baseline, MMRV, and disbursement barriers that caused earlier international N₂O carbon market frameworks to fail. Government fiscal savings from reduced urea subsidies, estimated at $1,443 million to $2,886 million, substantially exceed carbon market revenue. These can be redeployed to incentivize farmers to participate in VCM projects, making the fiscal co-benefit an important component for farm-level viability. A voluntary carbon market for agricultural N₂O can simultaneously generate farmer income, deliver verified emission reductions, and align with the government’s focus towards fertilizer reduction.

The Energy-Agriculture Nexus: A Multi-Year Research and Policy Agenda

Working Paper | Thabo Lenneiye, Angela Pachon, Shubham Love | May 6, 2026

This working paper focuses on the energy–agriculture nexus as a distinct, bidirectional frame to launch a multi-year research and policy agenda for the Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund anchored at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. The paper is organized along the agriculture value chain, highlighting distinctions in the Global North and the Global South, and examining the cross-cutting architecture of climate finance, MRV, and policy coherence.

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