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Perils of banking on fossil fuels

State Bank of India, Axis Bank and Bank of Baroda are the three banks from India that are open to doing business in coal...

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CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

Climate change action demands stricter emissions control of Asia Pacific’s coal burners, say analysts. Ranjit Devraj Wit...

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Clean Energy Fund to Compensate for Budgetary Shortfall

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s data says that India has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world. Co...

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Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Since the Tata Mundra “Ultra Mega Power Project” broke ground in 2008, many once-fertile fishing and farming...

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Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

In full-page advertisements in the Financial Times and Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest daily newspaper, 50 repute...

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विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

विश्वयुद्ध के बाद ब्रिटेन के ब्रेटेनवुड में खादी की गई वैश्विक वित्तीय संस्थाओं की ताक़त एक ज़माने में बेतेरह बढ़ी थी। व...

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The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

The World Bank’s support for giant coal fired power plants in India and South Africa illustrate the organisation&#...

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How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

The case, which now goes back to a US district court, relates to alleged pollution caused by a Gujarat-based power plant...

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Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

March 31, 2019, Mundra, Gujarat: In an afternoon with 41-degree heat, hundreds of men, women, and children from Navinal...

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Villagers Celebrate The US Supreme Court’s Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs

For Immediate Release Villagers Celebrate The Historic US Supreme Court’s Verdict Which Ended The Immunity of the IFIs M...

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February 7, 2024

Jitendra Choubey

Perils of banking on fossil fuels

State Bank of India, Axis Bank and Bank of Baroda are the three banks from India that are open to doing business in coal. A new report shows that nine major Asian banks, including three of India, are open to doing business in coal – the dirtiest of all fossil fuels. These three banks are State Bank ...

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June 9, 2023

Ranjit Devraj

CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

Climate change action demands stricter emissions control of Asia Pacific’s coal burners, say analysts. Ranjit Devraj With coal-based energy responsible for 40 per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, serious climate change action must begin with strict monitoring and control of coal-fired p...

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December 17, 2019

Shivani Dwivedi

Clean Energy Fund to Compensate for Budgetary Shortfall

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s data says that India has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world. Coal is also India’s primary source of energy. India, in addition to producing coal in excess of 600 million tonnes a year, imports about 150 million tonnes every year to meet ...

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April 26, 2019

Sierra Magazine

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Since the Tata Mundra “Ultra Mega Power Project” broke ground in 2008, many once-fertile fishing and farming communities of Northwest India have been ravaged. Photo by Sami Siva/Redux WILD ANIMALS ONCE RAN AMONG the acacia trees outside Navinal, one of many small villages hugging the Gul...

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April 27, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

In full-page advertisements in the Financial Times and Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest daily newspaper, 50 reputed organisations, working on environment and accountability related issues, from across the world have appealed to Shinzo Abe to stop funding coal. The advertisements, endorsed by W...

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August 1, 2019

Subah Savere

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

विश्वयुद्ध के बाद ब्रिटेन के ब्रेटेनवुड में खादी की गई वैश्विक वित्तीय संस्थाओं की ताक़त एक ज़माने में बेतेरह बढ़ी थी। वे अपनी मनमर्ज़ी के विकास की अवधारणा को दुनियाभर पर थोप सकती थीं। ऐसे में भारत के किसानों, आदिवासियों, मछुवारों द्वारा उन्हें ख़ारिज करवा लेना एक ऐतिहासिक जीत है। वर्ष 1993 में नर्म...

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April 27, 2019

Open Democracy

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

The World Bank’s support for giant coal fired power plants in India and South Africa illustrate the organisation’s many institutional failings. This article is part of a series by openDemocracy and the Bretton Woods Project on the crisis of multilateralism. The views expressed are those ...

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April 10, 2019

The Indian Express

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

The case, which now goes back to a US district court, relates to alleged pollution caused by a Gujarat-based power plant partly funded by IFC. On February 27, the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a group of fishermen and a Gujarat village panchayat in a suit against the US-headquartered Internati...

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April 25, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

March 31, 2019, Mundra, Gujarat: In an afternoon with 41-degree heat, hundreds of men, women, and children from Navinal and Tagri villages of Kutch, and members from the civil society and peoples’ movements from across India have gathered to celebrate a historic legal victory in the US Supreme Cour...

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April 3, 2019

CFA Admin

Villagers Celebrate The US Supreme Court’s Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs

For Immediate Release Villagers Celebrate The Historic US Supreme Court’s Verdict Which Ended The Immunity of the IFIs March 31, 2019, Mundra: The air in Mundra filled with the slogans like Kaun Banata Hai Hindustan, Machuawara, Majdoor, Kisan! (Who makes India? Fishermen, Labourer and Farmers); Lad...

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“Coal finance”

Perils of banking on fossil fuels

CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

Clean Energy Fund to Compensate for Budgetary Shortfall

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

Villagers Celebrate The US Supreme Court’s Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs

Perils of banking on fossil fuels

CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

Clean Energy Fund to Compensate for Budgetary Shortfall

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

Villagers Celebrate The US Supreme Court’s Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs

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“Coal finance”

Perils of banking on fossil fuels

CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

Clean Energy Fund to Compensate for Budgetary Shortfall

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

Villagers Celebrate The US Supreme Court’s Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs

Perils of banking on fossil fuels

CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets

Clean Energy Fund to Compensate for Budgetary Shortfall

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

Villagers Celebrate The US Supreme Court’s Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs