The Missing BRIC(S)
The 18thĀ BRICS Summit hosted under the presidency of India on September 12 & 13 is happening at a time when the world is passing through geo political instability. In their responses to Trumpās tariff...
Can the BRICS Bank Really Deliver What the Global South Needs?
As the New Development Bank expands its role as the ‘BRICS Bank’, there are questions whether it can offer a model of development and climate finance that serves the Global South’s interests. External Affairs...
Talk Left, Trade Right: BRICS, Gaza and the Limits of Southern Solidarity
Southern solidarity remains real, but its bearers are not the states assembling in New Delhi. A worker installs CCTV cameras near Bharat Mandapam as part of the preparation ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit,...
Combating Inequality, BRIC by BRIC
As the streets of Delhi are decked up with BRICS hoardings, and as we are (presumably) gearing up to hide our own gross inequities with green screens, it is imperative that we point at...
Separately Together: What Keeps the BRICS Alive at 20?
Internal asymmetries between BRICS countries have increased in the last decade. NDMC workers mark zebra crossings at India Gate circle ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, scheduled to be held on Sept. 12th to...
Beyond the Promises: A Decade of Environmental and Social Commitments at the New Development Bank
The report, Beyond the Promises: A Decade of Environmental and Social Commitments at the New Development Bank, examines the gap between the NDBās stated commitments to sustainable development and the safeguards, transparency and accountability...
Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress
A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress No independent accountability mechanism, a disclosure policy still labeled “interim” after nearly ten years, and case studies from India...
Report seeks removal of āBlueā tag for Bidadi plant
The study stated that the WTE plants outrank coal power plants and copper smelters and therefore must not be categorised under āBlueā āEssential Environmental Services.ā BENGALURU:Ā Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), an analysis agency, has...
Waste-to-energy plants threatening public health: Study
These plants flag emission of heavy metals, cancer-causing chemicals.Ā Bengaluru: The much-touted waste-to-energy (WtE) plants are a disaster for the environment and the ‘Blue’ category classification of such industries belies the ‘extreme levels’ of...
Breathing poison? The 100/100 pollution score the CPCB doesn’t want you to see
Breathing poison? The 100/100 pollution score the CPCB doesn’t want you to see A bombshell study by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) has revealed that Delhi’s four Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plants score a...
Waste-to-Power Plants Threaten Peopleās Health
‘PCB may have no say on proposed WTE plant in Siddapur’ Hyderabad: In a report that places a major question mark on the functioning of waste-to-energy (WTE) plants such as the ones at the...
Delhiās āgreenā waste solution scores 100 on pollution
Four waste-to-energy plants score maximum on pollution index even as they’re given easier regulatory treatment Four waste-to-energy plants meant to help Delhi deal with its mountains of garbage have themselves been found to have...
Private players seek āgreen energyā status for N-power to raise funds
āIndia will require at least 228 billion dollars to achieve the target 100 GWe nuclear energy capacityā Private players also suggested that nuclear power projects be accorded infrastructure status (File Photo/Representational) Private players are...
Waste-to-energy plants are highest-polluting industrial sector in India, new CFA report finds
In Hyderabad, two WTE plants operated by Re-Sustainability Ltd. at Jawaharnagar have a combined incineration capacity of 48 MW Synopsis:Ā Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants are the highest-polluting industrial sector in India, with a maximum cumulative...
Gloating in False Growth?
āThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.ā Those are the famous words from the 1995 thriller āUsual Suspectsā. That’s a line that one recalls looking at the...
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