As negotiations and discussions build up around the Fossil Fuels phase-out at the COP28 in Dubai, back home, for the second year in a row, no coal power plant has received project finance lending...
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,...
The Global Plastics Treaty, which aims to address plastic pollution across its full lifecycle has the potential to do so through production reduction, removal of non-essential plastics and corporate accountability. However, the negotiations which...
India emitted 2.412 gigatons of CO2 in 2020 contributing to 6.71% of total global emissions in the same year. It is the 3rd largest carbon emitter after China and the USA. Key sectors that...
“For years the people of Teesta valley had been campaigning against the dam, we repeatedly warned them about the possible disaster, but we were targeted and ignored. And now the dam has been washed...
New Delhi: At a time when the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, economists exposed that claim...
New Delhi: “The flow of 100 billion dollars for climate finance from developed to developing countries for mitigation and adaptation of climate impacts are neither enough to meet the needs of addressing the climate...
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...
சமத்துவ மற்றும் நியாயமான வளர்ச்சியை எதிர்கொள்ள சவால்கள் மற்றும் வாய்ப்புகள் நிலக்கரி, கச்சா எண்ணெய் மற்றும் இயற்கை ஏரிவாயு பயன் படுத்துவதால் உலகளவில் காலநிலை மாற்றம் ஏற்படுகிறது. உலகளவில் இதனால் 75% கிரீன்ஹவுஸ் வாயு (greenhouse gas )மற்றும் 90% கார்போன் டை ஆக்சைடு (Carbon -di...
ન્યાયપૂર્ણ અને સમાવેશી ભવિષ્ય માટેના પડકારો અને તકો અશ્મિભૂત ઇંધણ—કોલસો, તેલ અને ગેસ—વૈશ્વિક આબોહવા પરિવર્તનમાં સૌથી મોટુ યોગદાન આપે છે, જે વિશ્વભરમાં 75% કરતાં વધુ ગ્રીનહાઉસ ગેસ ઉત્સર્જન અને તમામ કાર્બન ડાયોક્સાઈડ ઉત્સર્જનના લગભગ...
October 19, 2023 The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned about the recent media report of child sexual abuse at Bridge International Academies in Kenya, and allegations that the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC)...
WE, CITIZENS OF INDIA AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANISATIONS named below, are deeply concerned at and anguished by the lack of transparency and non-inclusive consultation processes adopted by the Union Government in the negotiations with...
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 6th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The 7 recipients for 2023 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and hail from different...
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 The devastation of the flood in Sikkim was multiplied several fold by the dams in Teesta river. This disaster was warned well in advance....