India Pitches for Climate Finance Internationally, But Prioritises ‘Development’ at Home
The year 2022 saw renewed urgency and consistency in India’s pitch to demand ‘climate finance’.
“India can Achieve Net-Zero By 2047”: Experts
Sectoral experts, academics and climate activists deliberate on multiple issues related to Energy and Finance at the 4th annual Energy Finance Conference India, 2022 organised at IIT-Madras, Centre for Financial Accountability, Indo-German Center for...
The Hidden Costs of Waste Incineration for Women
Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels) became popular in several international institutions,...
Gender and Energy
India’s commitments at the 26th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP 26) held in Glasgow set clear targets for 2030: increasing non fossil fuel energy capacity to 500...
PFC was the sole coal financier in 2020 | Press Release
New Delhi, December 14, 2021: Coal vs Renewables Financial Analysis 2020 identifies PFC, and its subsidiary REC, as the sole state-owned financial institutions that provided project financing to coal power projects in 2020.
Where do Indian banks stand in the global fight against climate change?
Indian banks and financial institutions are lagging behind international financial institutions in helping control the climate crisis, research shows. Indian banks and financial institutions, including the State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI, Axis Bank, the...