Fund with a heart
Banks need to fully assess the risks and engage with the local communities and seek free, prior and informed consent before investing in projects.
Average 30 Farmer Suicides Per Day in Modi Govt Years Points to a Systemic Apathy
The attempt by neoliberal governance has been to steadily depoliticise farmers' suicides and strip them of any deeper messaging.
Renewables, not coal, the energy of choice for investors in India for second year in a row: Report
Solar power was the dominant renewable energy, accounting for six out of 11 deals, or 40% of financing, says the report. While India did not sign the pledge to triple renewable energy globally by...
Lenders choose renewables over coal for second year in a row
In year 2022, solar, wind and hybrid project finance lending amounted to INR 18,577 crore ($2.36 billion). On the other hand, like in 2021, not a single coal power plant received such funding. Not...
Lenders Choose Renewables Over Coal For Second Year In A Row
No coal power plant has received project finance lending in 2022 As negotiations and discussions build up around the Fossil Fuels phase-out at the COP28 in Dubai, back home, for the second year in...
India’s green shift: No coal finance in 2022 as renewables grab 100% project loans
The report, jointly conducted by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and Climate Trends, assessed project finance loans across various renewable energy projects. In a notable shift in India‘s energy financing landscape, no coal...
No coal power plant in India receives lending second consecutive year: Analysis
As representatives from nearly 200 nations gather for over a week for COP28, this year’s annual UN climate conference, being held in the oil-producing UAE and led by the head of the country’s state...
Renewables prevail: Second consecutive year without project finance for coal power plants in India
Against the backdrop of intensifying global discussions on phasing out fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai, a report by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and Climate Trends, an environmental think tank, reveals a...
Claims of employment rate increase a sham: Economists
At a time when the report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, professional economists,...
Economists slam govt claims of rapid economic growth as a sham
The claims of robust growth, according to experts, are rather a celebratory note in the self-appraisal of the government in terms of India’s economic recovery. Claims of rapid growth the Indian economy is projected...
‘New jobs distress-driven’: Economists criticise CMIE claim of upward trend in employment
At a time when the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE’s) report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, senior economists have sought to...
Economists Term CMIE Employment Rate Increase Claim ‘Sham’
Real earnings have increased only for casual work, economists said at a conference titled ‘Measuring Recovery’. Several economists have termed the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE) claim that the labour market witnessed an...
Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined
143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to attend the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to advance a global plastics treaty, gaining access to the negotiations at a time...
A Statement sans Solutions: India’s G20 Presidency and Its Outcome
The 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit, under India’s Presidency, concluded with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration. In the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and a “new cold war” between the US and...
G20: Im Interesse der besitzenden Klassen
Vom 8. bis 10. September 2023 richtet die indische Regierung den G20-Gipfel in Neu-Delhi aus. Sie nutzt das Event geschickt, um sich vor der eigenen Bevölkerung als globalpolitisches Schwergewicht zu präsentieren.
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