In the context of an accelerating ecological crisis, the fourth webinar in the Political Economy of the Trump Era series, examined how climate collapse is being politically manufactured, seen most visibly through the return...
While governments and corporations focus on ‘techno-fixes’ and individual-centric sustainability practices
On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations...
Concerns have resurfaced over Tangedco’s Ennore Thermal Power Station (ETPS) expansion project, as the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is set to hold a public hearing on December 20. Locals and environmentalists are...
The news was flashed all across world’s media – the year 2023 was not only the warmest year on instrumented records (available for about the past 170 years), but was calculated to be the...
The Centre for Financial Accountability recently concluded its workshop ‘Plastics: A Toxic Love Story’, organised in collaboration with the Sambhaavnaa Institute between May 17 and 21, 2024 at the Institute’s Kandbari campus.
While the fanfare of the G7, with shake-hands and selfies, is slowly settling down, a report prior to the Summit warned that it is the last opportunity for G7 to deliver on fossil fuel...
Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilateral environmental and trade agreements related to climate, plastics, and chemicals.
A new report shows that nine major Asian banks, including three of India, are open to doing business in coal – the dirtiest of all fossil fuels. These three banks are State Bank of...
Trends show the drift towards renewables has found new acceleration. India is at a crucial juncture on the climate change pathway when it has to step up its renewable energy capacity while gradually weaning...
While the climate change conference marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, India will have to urgently find ways to move away from coal. Securing finance for new projects is...
The Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), has been engaged in critically analyzing the plastics lifespan from petrochemical manufacturing, production and consumption of plastics to its disposal using chemical recycling including incineration. In this context,...
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...
Fossil fuels—coal, oil, and gas—are the largest contributor to global climate change, responsible for more than 75% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and nearly 90% of all carbon dioxide emissions.
By now, there is an almost universal consensus that the world energy systems must move away from climate-threatening fossil fuels and into non-carbon, safe, and sustainable sources.
