Dr Vishvaja Sambath, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

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India’s Fossil Delusion and Just Transition Opportunity

It is more than 45 days into the direct and major US-Iran war. Since then, the global oil prices have skyrocketed t...

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Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

INDIA’S 2025 was a year of unrelenting climate catastrophe. Extreme climatic events battered the country on 99 per...

Coverage Energy General Oil and gas

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கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட ‘குப்பைக்கான தீர்வு’: நச்சு காற்று மற்றும் நோய்க்கான வழிமுறையா?

வட சென்னையின் கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட குப்பையில் இருந்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் (WTE) எரிவுலையின் நிழலில் வாழும் ச...

Energy Oil and gas WTE(Waste to Energy)

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Kodungaiyur’s Proposed ‘Waste Solution’: A Recipe for Toxic Air and Disease?

Kodungaiyur dumpyard. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam | The Hindu For the communities living in the shadow of a...

Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

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UN Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations Stalemate as Petrostates Push for a Waste Management Treaty

The three-year-long negotiation process for a Global Plastics Treaty has reached a stalemate, concluding after 11 days o...

Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty)

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TOXIC TRAITS

An Overview of the Adverse Health Impacts of Chemicals Associated with Petrochemical Industries and Across the Life Span...

Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty) Petrochemicals Plastics Publications

September 16, 2026

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

India’s Fossil Delusion and Just Transition Opportunity

It is more than 45 days into the direct and major US-Iran war. Since then, the global oil prices have skyrocketed to about $140 a barrel, commercial LPG prices have risen by ₹195.5 and India’s strategic crude reserves provide barely 20 to 40 days of cover.According to the Petroleum Planning and...

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September 16, 2026

Dr Vishvaja Sambath, Joe Athialy, Anirban Bhattacharya, Shivam Dwivedi

Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

INDIA’S 2025 was a year of unrelenting climate catastrophe. Extreme climatic events battered the country on 99 per cent of days from January to November, devastating 17.4 million hectare of crops and claiming over 4,400 lives. The “Year of Extremes” brought heat waves that scorched Delhi, floo...

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November 18, 2025

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட ‘குப்பைக்கான தீர்வு’: நச்சு காற்று மற்றும் நோய்க்கான வழிமுறையா?

வட சென்னையின் கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட குப்பையில் இருந்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் (WTE) எரிவுலையின் நிழலில் வாழும் சமூகங்களுக்கு, முதன்மையான கேள்வி மிகவும் தனிப்பட்டது: “இது என் குடும்பத்தின் ஆரோக்கியத்தை எவ்வாறு பாதிக்கும்?” குப்பை நெருக்கடிக்கு ஒரு தொழில்நுட்ப தீர்வாக விளம்பரப்படுத...

Energy Oil and gas WTE(Waste to Energy)

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November 18, 2025

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

Kodungaiyur’s Proposed ‘Waste Solution’: A Recipe for Toxic Air and Disease?

Kodungaiyur dumpyard. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam | The Hindu For the communities living in the shadow of a proposed Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plant in North Chennai’s Kodungaiyur, the primary question is deeply personal: “How will this affect my family’s heal...

Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

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September 29, 2025

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

UN Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations Stalemate as Petrostates Push for a Waste Management Treaty

The three-year-long negotiation process for a Global Plastics Treaty has reached a stalemate, concluding after 11 days of talks at INC-5.2 in Geneva. The negotiations, which began on August 5, 2025, aimed to refine the Chair’s Text from December 2024 with the objective of adopting a legally binding ...

Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty)

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April 18, 2024

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

TOXIC TRAITS

An Overview of the Adverse Health Impacts of Chemicals Associated with Petrochemical Industries and Across the Life Span of Plastics. The petrochemical industry, once hailed as the harbinger of progress and innovation, now finds itself at the epicentre of critical global discourse. The petrochemical...

Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty) Petrochemicals Plastics Publications

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