In short

Dream work?

The UPA government's first full-fledged budget is full of promises. How real are they?

A new body to recover CAMPA funds

Ad hoc body to organise afforestation funds

Missionary zeal

The urban renewal mission is likely to bypass or short change the urban poor

Money talks

We must catalyse innovation towards sustainable finance to enhance India’s climate resilience

Tapping the vibrant innovation ecosystem and enabling smooth green finance can drive the adoption of sustainable projects

Libya floods 2023: Why the Loss and Damage fund should be operationalised equitably

Developing countries say all of them should be able to access the funds and not specifically some country groupings

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms world’s poorest countries?

Countries in Africa have some of the lowest national greenhouse gas emissions, and yet the continent is home to many of the world’s …

Africa’s financial sector must cope with climate risk for smooth transition to Net Zero: Report

At least 49 banks in Africa have over $200 billion in lending across sectors with high-potential climate risks  

Lack of finance data hampers climate goals in South Africa: Report

South Africa is the world’s 14th largest emitter of carbon dioxide. Its national climate change response policy calls for inclusion of …

In a first, ING Bank will make lending decision based on clients’ climate actions

The Dutch bank will identify those clients that are leading the transition to a low-carbon economy and need its help the most

India is not making businesses disclose climate risks: report

The country has not followed the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Green bonds, banks can boost India’s clean energy market

India needs Rs 17.5 trillion to finance clean energy projects in order to ramp up its capacity to 160 GW by 2022

Banks at a loss

Piling up non-performing assets serve as a lesson for banks to do social and environmental impact assessments of projects more rigorously

Book review: Making amends?

"Demanding Accountability: Civil-Society Claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel" Edited by Dana Clark, Jonathan Fox and Kay Treakle Rainbow …

On the defensive at Cancun?

Recently Arun Jaitley identified agriculture and investment as the two main issues for next month's World Trade Organization ministerial …

Bihar set to increase size of its green budget for next financial year

After education and health, major provisions will be made for the green budget, said officials

COP28 Dubai: Climate finance to developing countries needs to quadruple by 2030 to reach Paris goals, says new report

Developed countries must lead by tripling the amount of bilateral concessional finance by 2030, say authors

Africa needs to double energy investments to achieve energy, climate goals by 2030: IEA

Full access to modern energy by 2030 will require investment of $25 billion per year

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt burden increased to record $702 billion in 2020 — highest in a decade

The region has more debt than it can pay off

Berlin’s grassroots plan to renationalise up to 200,000 ex-council homes from corporate landlords

Pre-2020 action and climate finance need of the hour: BASIC

Adaptation fund and finance are issues that are still to be discussed and resolved

RIP Panchayati Raj ministry

The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India

Solace in money plant

Forestry rescues recession-ridden investors in Europe and North America

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