The Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025, was conducted on 25 September 2025 at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies. This conference was organized by a coalition of leading civil society organizations, research...
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), on formulating a Global Plastics Treaty (GPT) held in Geneva from 5–14 August 2025, ended without any treaty. An overwhelming majority of the countries rejected the idea of the...
Plastic is no longer a matter of convenience — it’s an imposition. It has invaded every aspect of our lives and is causing irreparable harm to our climate, biodiversity, human health, and basic rights....
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights, Elisa Morgera, in her latest report, has warned that fossil fuels are at the core of the triple planetary crises of biodiversity loss,...
A report was submitted to the National Green Tribunal on April 15, 2025, by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the monitoring and compliance of Waste to Energy (WTE) incinerators in the country....
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders with the goal to “turbocharge coal mining” in the United States. He promoted coal as a beautiful, clean, reliable, durable, secure, powerful,...
Last month saw an important victory for communities fighting against the toxic Waste to Energy (WTE) incineration plants in Gujarat. Due to tremendous on-ground resistance, multiple follow-up letters and CSO engagement with the International...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced a new draft of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024 that will replace the existing Solid Waste Management rules that came into force in...
COP 29 which happened in Baku between 11th-22nd November. This was dubbed as the Climate Finance COP as it was expected that there would be an agreement on how much money should go each...
Centre for Financial Accountability joined the Global Week of Action for Climate Finance and a Fossil-Free Future along with our partners. This campaign was run from September 13-20. We used the week to highlight...
It is concerning to know that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is proposing to fund 4 waste to energy plants in Gujarat. The investment of about USD 40 million to collectively burn 3,750 tons...
On Jul 22, 2024, the Finance Minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget for 2024-25. A number of new announcements were made in the energy sector. A new pumped storage policy was announced...
The Karnataka State Climate Action Plan that was prepared in 2021 has received approval from the central government. The state is all set to implement this plan. This comes at a time when the...
The demand for fossil oil and fossil gas is also driven sharply by the petrochemicals industry. Petrochemicals now account for 14% of oil use, and are expected to drive half of oil demand growth...
Here is another issue of Energy Matters, bringing to you the latest updates from the energy sector along with analysis and impacts, politics, investments, and science of the emerging developments in the sector.
