The concept of climate finance originated from the need for financing both the Mitigation (reducing the root cause of Climate Crisis, greenhouse Gas emissions) as well as Adaptation (building resilience in countries, societies, communities...
Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations of the project started, a revisit to Mundra tells the story of the destruction...
A two-day regional seminar was held in Bilaspur on 30th Nov- 1st Dec 2019 organized by, All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM) Chhattisgarh–Vidarbha region, Mausam, Beyond Copenhagen Network and Centre for Financial Accountability...
Caught in an economic slowdown, India’s clean energy transition is likely to go for a toss. What will be the cost? The ongoing slowdown in economic growth and electricity demand has worsened the deep...
The Government of Uttarakhand has entered into agreements with L&T Uttaranchal and Tehri Hydropower Development Corporation (now, THDCIL) to make the Singoli-Bhatwari Hydroelectric Project on the Mandakini River and the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project on...
In the last week of September 2019, as part of a team I attended a programme taking place in the village Bhumka in Sidhi District in eastern Madhya Pradesh. Sidhi is a neighbouring district...
मध्यप्रदेश में बिजली के बढते वित्तीय घाटें जनता की जेब पर भारी पड रहे है। हाल ही मे म.प्र. पॉवर मैनेजमेन्ट कंपनी व अन्य कम्पनियों द्धारा टेरिफ बढाने हेतु एक याचिका आयोग के समक्ष...
‘We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth – how dare you!’ These are the words of young...
New analysis by Center for Financial Accountability shows that the Andhra Pradesh government appears to be singling out renewable energy projects in the guise of lowering electricity purchase costs, while ignoring higher cost coal...
Investors are leading the climate change charge towards zero emissions and cleaner fuels while governments lag behind Financial giants are redirecting massive money flows away from fossil fuels as slow movers report losses. But...
That must change if the climate is not to A LARGE SIGN in the city hall of San Carlos, on the island of Negros in the Philippines, lays out the local government’s ambitions. It...
India’s government has ambitious plans to achieve 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by March 2022, although it was standing only at over 81 GW by the end of July 2019. It is even...
Lenders prefer renewable energy over coal, especially in 2018: Centre for Financial Accountability Report Coal Vs Renewable Is coal losing its charm? Yes, if the recently released report Coal Vs Renewable is to be believed. Lenders...
A new report has revealed that renewable energy projects took up a vast majority, nearly 80 percent, of the total energy financing in 2018 A new report has revealed that renewable energy projects took...
The Centre for Financial Accountability has found that only five coal power projects with a total capacity of 3800 MW received financing of ₹6,081 crore in 2018. New Delhi: Amid economic slowdown, a latest...