On the defensive at Cancun?

Recently Arun Jaitley identified agriculture and investment as the two main issues for next month's World Trade Organization ministerial …

Bihar set to increase size of its green budget for next financial year

After education and health, major provisions will be made for the green budget, said officials

COP28 Dubai: Climate finance to developing countries needs to quadruple by 2030 to reach Paris goals, says new report

Developed countries must lead by tripling the amount of bilateral concessional finance by 2030, say authors

Africa needs to double energy investments to achieve energy, climate goals by 2030: IEA

Full access to modern energy by 2030 will require investment of $25 billion per year

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt burden increased to record $702 billion in 2020 — highest in a decade

The region has more debt than it can pay off

Berlin’s grassroots plan to renationalise up to 200,000 ex-council homes from corporate landlords

Pre-2020 action and climate finance need of the hour: BASIC

Adaptation fund and finance are issues that are still to be discussed and resolved

RIP Panchayati Raj ministry

The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India

Solace in money plant

Forestry rescues recession-ridden investors in Europe and North America

For the record

No banking on the World Bank

... when its controversial actions invariably invite flak

A luxury no more

Kaziranga nightmare

Power cut

Maharashtra's decentralisation plan gets derailed even before it can take off

Tough measure

No lifesaver this

Still no viable alternative for drugs price control

India underestimating heatwave impact, more than 90% of the country at risk: Study

Climate experts and policymakers should re-evaluate the metrics for assessing the country’s climate vulnerability as heatwaves in India …

Innovative finance mechanisms can scale up clean cooking

Developing countries should integrate clean cooking into their Nationally Determined Contributions to address climate change

India saw natural disasters almost every day in first 9 months of 2022: CSE report

Highest toll in Himachal Pradesh; official data inadequate to show real extent of loss & damage

SEBI’s green and blue bonds: Are they the sustainable finance that India needs?

Developing countries like India are more likely to be affected by the climate crises; financial institutions will play a crucial role in such a …

Africa needs at least 9 times more climate finance to meet 2030 goals

Africa requires $277 billion annually to implement its Nationally Determined Contributions towards mitigating greenhouse gas emissions

Union Budget 2022-23: Good step forward but levers needed to make clean air, climate action more real

The spotlight on energy transition, climate action and electrification in the latest Union budget is encouraging; but needs committed strategy …

CoP26: Net Zero within Africa’s reach

Nationally determined contributions well set, but finance may be a problem    

Glasgow CoP26: Climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out

If developing countries do not receive financial assistance to reduce emissions, it is unlikely we will meet the commitment of the Paris …

Over $1 trillion needed by 2030 to put world on track to reach net-zero by 2050

Unless much strong action than current investment levels is taken, energy-related CO2 emissions in emerging economies will grow by five billion …