Soumya Dutta, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

A very brief report of major points of outcomes and disappointments of COP-27

Soumya Dutta traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to participate in the 27th Conference of Parties (COP-27) of the UNFCC...

Climate Finance General

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India’s Climate Action Pledges at Paris COP21 (NDC) and Glasgow COP26: What are these, how far have we come and what needs to improve?

A Briefing Paper IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if the world is to stave off climate disaster. “Greenhous...

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The Great Indian Power Crisis

A Story of Poor Planning, Slow Transition, Financial Mess and Climate Change The power crisis, triggered by the coal sho...

Coal Energy General Publications

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India’s Renewable Energy Promise at the COP-26 in Glasgow

Picture courtesy: Karwai Tang via COP26 on Flickr Background: One of the most important climate summits under the United...

Climate Finance Energy General

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The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!

The union budget 2021-22 was placed in the parliament a few days ago. Taking a quick look at its Environment & Clima...

Climate Finance General

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A Bill that is Badly Timed, Mal-Directed and Devoid of Basics

Any Act or bill to get an act on electricity (or the larger issues of primary energy), has to first comprehend the ...

Blog Energy National Consultation on The Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 Renewable

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Pre Budget Musings

Starting with GDP, in the 2nd quarter of 2019-20 the real Gross Domestic Product (adjusted on base year price) of the co...

Blog Indian Economy

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Emerging Landscape of Global Climate Finance

The concept of climate finance originated from the need for financing both the Mitigation (reducing the root cause of Cl...

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Ease of Doing Business and Rana Plaza Tragedy

Five years ago, on April 24, 2013, a tragedy in neighbouring Bangladesh shook up everyone. Rana Plaza, a five-storied co...

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India’s Thermal Power Projects are Making Even our Public-Sector Banks Sick

We all know of the killing impacts of coal based power plants – from the massive air pollution, from water contamination...

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December 12, 2022

Soumya Dutta

A very brief report of major points of outcomes and disappointments of COP-27

Soumya Dutta traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to participate in the 27th Conference of Parties (COP-27) of the UNFCCC. Along with participating in a host of meetings & public protests and speaking with journalists and activists present there, he also spoke in two important meetings- on False...

Climate Finance General

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November 9, 2022

Soumya Dutta

India’s Climate Action Pledges at Paris COP21 (NDC) and Glasgow COP26: What are these, how far have we come and what needs to improve?

A Briefing Paper IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if the world is to stave off climate disaster. “Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 (and reduce by over 45% by 2030), say climate scientists in what is in effect their final warning”. The Guardian quoting IPCC AR-6, WG-III report;...

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June 25, 2022

Soumya Dutta

The Great Indian Power Crisis

A Story of Poor Planning, Slow Transition, Financial Mess and Climate Change The power crisis, triggered by the coal shortage, has been in the news for the past few months. Almost the whole of India was caught in a serious power crisis from early May 2022. While the government was found napping on t...

Coal Energy General Publications

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February 23, 2022

Soumya Dutta

India’s Renewable Energy Promise at the COP-26 in Glasgow

Picture courtesy: Karwai Tang via COP26 on Flickr Background: One of the most important climate summits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the CoP-26 recently took place in the Scottish city of Glasgow in United Kingdom. The importance of this emanates from th...

Climate Finance Energy General

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May 14, 2021

Soumya Dutta

The Great Indian Climate Gimmick!

The union budget 2021-22 was placed in the parliament a few days ago. Taking a quick look at its Environment & Climate provisions, here is a brief snapshot of the dismal picture of the Modi government’s “Environmental Championship” (after all, he was conferred the “Champion of ...

Climate Finance General

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June 22, 2020

Soumya Dutta

A Bill that is Badly Timed, Mal-Directed and Devoid of Basics

Any Act or bill to get an act on electricity (or the larger issues of primary energy), has to first comprehend the basic functions electricity has in human society. Presumably, some form of electricity might have kick-stared life on earth, and natural electricity still plays a major role ...

Blog Energy National Consultation on The Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 Renewable

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February 7, 2020

Soumya Dutta

Pre Budget Musings

Starting with GDP, in the 2nd quarter of 2019-20 the real Gross Domestic Product (adjusted on base year price) of the country has been recorded at 4.5%, which is the lowest in last 6 years. The Retail inflation (CPI – consumer price index, with much higher weightage for food) has been the high...

Blog Indian Economy

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December 11, 2019

Soumya Dutta

Emerging Landscape of Global Climate Finance

The concept of climate finance originated from the need for financing both the Mitigation (reducing the root cause of Climate Crisis, greenhouse Gas emissions) as well as Adaptation (building resilience in countries, societies, communities and doing the best possible under the increasing climate imp...

Climate Finance Energy

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May 13, 2018

Soumya Dutta

Ease of Doing Business and Rana Plaza Tragedy

Five years ago, on April 24, 2013, a tragedy in neighbouring Bangladesh shook up everyone. Rana Plaza, a five-storied commercial building, that housed several “sweatshop” clothing factories, a bank and few shops, collapsed and killed 1134 people and injured over 2500. As the ready-made garment indus...

Blog International Finance Institutions World Bank

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February 18, 2019

Soumya Dutta

India’s Thermal Power Projects are Making Even our Public-Sector Banks Sick

We all know of the killing impacts of coal based power plants – from the massive air pollution, from water contamination and from the dirty coal mines. As per the “State of Global Air 2017” report, there were over 4.2 million premature deaths in 2015, from exposure to long term air pollution alone,...

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