Response to the Reserve Bank of India’s Draft Prudential Framework for Project Finance
“Civil society organisations urge RBI to incorporate environmental, climate and social considerations in the project finance framework!”
Climate Crisis and India’s Renewable Electricity Targets 2030: Can these be achieved with no major land conflicts?
The latest rounds of severe heat waves, floods and storms brought to focus the severity of the looming climate crisis and the urgency of a wide variety of necessary climate actions.
India & Global Finance 2023-24: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape
International finance and geopolitics are quite dynamic and will tend to alter each day. We must have a clear view of our nation and where it stands in this landscape.
परमाणु ऊर्जा में विदेशी पैसा
डेढ़ दशक पहले अमरीका के साथ होने वाले जिस परमाणु समझौते को लेकर तब की मनमोहन सिंह सरकर गिरने-गिरने को हो गई थी, आज वही परमाणु ऊर्जा खुल्लम-खुल्ला धंधे में उतर आई हैं। दुनियाभर...
சென்னையை அச்சுறுத்தும் குப்பை எரிவுலைகள்!
கூட்டறிக்கை சென்னை மாநகரில் ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் சுமார் 7600 மெட்ரிக் டன் திடக்கழிவுகள் உருவாகுவதாக அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழக ஆய்வு குறிப்பிடுகிறது. இது ஒட்டுமொத்த தமிழ்நாடு உருவாக்கும் திடக்கழிவுகளில் 45 விழுக்காடு ஆகும். சென்னை மாநகரின் குப்பை மேலாண்மை கடும் போதாமைகள் நிறைந்ததாகவும் தீவிர சூழல் – சுகாதார...
Why a waste-to-energy plant is not the answer to Chennai’s garbage problems
Chennai generates about 6,000 metric tonnes of garbage every day. As the city’s population continues to grow, waste generation is expected to increase even more.
No Transport for Poor Indians
The last 10 years have seen a remarkable disinterest in running and maintaining transport for the poor. Even in all the cacophony around development, the sounds and sights of the poor trying to catch...
Climate accountability: Disclose more, put checks before financing mega projects
In a globalised context, insufficient disclosure of climate risks may diminish a bank’s attractiveness to international investors.
Energy Matters | May 2024
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...
Poison PVC: Big Coal Leading PVC Growth in India
The Gulf of Kutch located in western Gujarat covers an area of 7,350 km2, is approximately 170 km long, and up to 75 km wide at its mouth.
Corporates dominate coal mines in Singrauli region
Indian coal reserves are so huge that they exceed internal demand and can even be exported. Yet, at all international forums, Modi says India is ready to cut its emissions and become a "leading...
India’s Growth and Sustainability Pursuit
Infrastructure Finance Update- May, 2024 The end of one financial year ( FY 2023-2024) and the beginning of another ( FY 2024-2025) has been marked by a flurry of activities. It saw a string of...
Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels
The Spring Meeting of the World Bank and IMF, held from April 15-20, marks the commencement of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference, aimed at rebuilding the world in the...
India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress
In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015) on climate change, the Indian government had pledged that 40% of its
Green energy is an absolute lie!
Out of the billions of animals that have lived and died on Earth, the human race has developed a voracious appetite for energy far beyond what is necessary for our biological needs.
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