Paris finance meet: What is the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact about?
Discussions on how to reform Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) to better serve the needs of the Global South will be in spotlight
COP27 diary (November 10): Rich countries admit funding gap in addressing loss & damage
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
COVID-19 tanked India’s carbon emissions, but stimulus will drive them up again
The Rs 90,000-crore stimulus for power distribution companies fails to consider emissions reductions
What negotiations mean for least developed countries
They insist that loss and damage is a non-negotiable element of the Paris agreement
Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it
Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal
Revamping US healthcare
US politicians and insurance companies claim to offer the best healthcare services in the world. Recently, however, top US experts have admitted …
Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation
Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies
Agriculture: wrong prescription for right diagnosis
Finance minister’s decision to increase farm credit corpus and give more autonomy to states for agriculture schemes unlikely to help farmers
Ban FDI in brownfield pharma, says Parliament standing committee
Panel raises alarm over continuing takeover of Indian generic drug firms by multinational companies
Question of safety
The Bangkok conference on the risks of genetically modified corps advocated greater investment of public funds in bio-safety research
Debt of emerging markets & developing economies rose by 178% from 2008-2022: Report
The Global South is staring at a debt crisis, but the “Common Framework” created to provide debt relief has serious shortcomings
Good scheme in bad health
A little known community monitoring scheme could prove handy for the new government, which is readying to revamp the country's healthcare system
A symbolic budget
While all the right words have been used in the budget, the programmes are neither well thought out nor given sufficient funds
Muted response
Hepatitis C is a growing problem in India, but government has no programme to manage the disease
Mission eclipsed
National solar mission may get derailed as banks hesitate to give loans for its high-risk projects
COP28 head calls for ramping up renewables, carbon capture and climate finance
Comments indicate a focus on abatement technologies at Dubai summit over fossil phase-out
G7 sets renewables target, no timeline for fossil fuel phase out
Gas investments and nuclear energy remain in play while urgent action is needed to phase out fossil fuels
Experts hail doubling of cess on 'dirty' coal
Money collected from the cess gets deposited in the National Clean Energy Fund but doubts remain over its usage
Raw Deal
Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan
Solar power tariff hits record low, sparks worry about coal’s future
The solar power tariff bid of Rs 2.36 per kilowatt / hour is 3.3% lower than the previous record
No absolute immunity for World Bank affiliate: US Supreme Court
In a historic decision involving Indian coal plant, US top court says World Bank affiliate can be prosecuted for environmental damages
US power sector headed for biggest decarbonisation ever
Bloomberg report estimates that renewable energy penetration and coal-to-gas switching could reduce the sector’s carbon emissions by 35 …
Japan uses climate finance to lend $1 billion to Indonesia for dirty coal
Observers call for clear rules on climate finance to ensure money is not spent on projects that would cause climate change
Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies
Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers
Fight over finance: where's the money, ask developing countries
Developed countries shy away from promising more money to developing nations from next year till 2020 for mitigation and adaptation measures