Founded in 1999, in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis, G20’s formation was announced by the finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) as the forum for international cooperation on financial and...
At COP26, India announced its objectives to reach net zero by 2070. In addition, the country aims to install 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030, 450 GW of which would come from renewable...
This booklet is a result of webinars under the World Without World Bank campaign that brings together activists, academicians and other civil society groups to protest, respond to the World Bank’s neoliberal reforms.
Natural Resources play a vital role in the development of the human civilisation. Natural Resources served as a source of livelihoods’ sustenance for the Natural Resource Dependent Communities (NRDC), since ages. The NRDC are...
Compliance by financial institutions with ESG requirements for credit decisions, and disclosures has become increasingly prevalent over the last two decades. While some of these requirements are imposed via legislation, others have been voluntarily...
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant part in the country’s economic growth. The principles of nationalization also contributed to the social banking character of the PSBs. This scenario has been changing since...
With the world facing a climate crisis, urgent action is required on many fronts, not least in ensuring adequate levels of climate finance to support mitigation and adaptation in the Global South. Campaigns to...
IFC’s ‘Approach to Greening Equity in Financial Institutions’ (Green Equity Approach or GEA), which IFC piloted in 2019 and published in September 2020, commits the IFC to end equity investments in financial institutions that...
The Energy Finance Conference –India which began in 2019 and continued its journey into 2020, emerged as a response to the ongoing dialogues on the need to judiciously maximise the security of energy supplies...
The infrastructure sector is one of the key sectors for India to achieve higher economic growth rates and requires major investments into projects to push the growth rates higher. The infrastructure sector requires long-term...
The northern coast of the Gulf of Kutch has been witnessing large-scale industrialization for the past two decades while a very large Special Economic Zone is also situated in the vicinity. Among several polluting...
This preliminary report on ‘Solar Power in India’ looks at the solar power scenario, projects and financing mechanisms in India with a focus on Rewa Mega Solar Power Project in Madhya Pradesh. India has...
The case study of Smart Cities Mission in Bhopal provides an overview of the projects being implemented under the mission in the city. The case of Bhopal Smart City is quite distinctive in the...
Wind and solar electricity costs have fallen so much that building
new renewable generation is now cheaper than operating 39% of
the world’s existing coal capacity, and this will increase to 60% of
existing capacity in the...