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 …

A greenwash?

Will the Centre's first-of-its-kind Green Credit Programme Implementation Rules 2023 be a winner? 

Simply Put: Green Card

Government releases guidelines, allocates Rs 455 crore for green hydrogen pilot projects in steel sector

Type of projects listed for support in the guidelines seem to include any innovation carried out at a plant of any scale

Leg up for green bonds amid record sustainable debt in 2020

Sustainable debt worth $732 billion issued globally; $305 billion of that in green bonds

Green Credit Rules will negatively impact forest ecology, say experts

Former forest official alleges Centre wants to facilitate ‘ease of business’

Why National Green Tribunal is not as powerful as UK Environment Agency

One of NGT's limitations is the ‘lack of environmental finesse’ of its expert members

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 31, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Will India have its green moment in politics?

The fact that these issues are still remote from our understanding is evidenced by a survey which revealed that more than 74% people between the …

Climate litigations: Global South catching up with hotspot United States

Annual volume of cases doubled since Paris agreement; few in India  

Is the development of green intellectual property paving the way to environmental sustainability in India?

About 13% of India’s high-value patents are related to green tech

Union Cabinet approves National Green Hydrogen Mission

The initial outlay for the Mission will be Rs 19,744 crore

Green energy: Govt reduces open access transaction limit to 100 KW

Coal is currently the source of 70 percent of India’s electricity.  

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 …

Centre proposes draft rules for Green Credit Programme

The programme will incentivise individuals & organisations to take positive actions for the environment 

Innovative finance mechanisms can scale up clean cooking

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

Simply Put: Delete the future

Green Revolution lab Jaunti shows agriculture in crisis now

Five decades after the green revolution, Down To Earth visited the village from where it all started, to assess the agrarian crisis …

Worrisome trend: Every third climate case yields unfavourable outcome

The highest number of climate litigations were filed from Latin America and the Caribbean

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 20, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Economic downturn eats into climate mitigation, adaptation funding: UNCTAD

Reduced green investment will put a spanner in the efforts to fasttrack solutions for climate change. 

India’s G20 Presidency: As a major emitter, bloc is obliged to address climate change, sustainable development

Climate finance remains an area of contention within the G20 as there is an uneven distribution of financial resources to countries that are most …

G-20 spent nearly $700 billion supporting fossil fuels in 2021

Fossil support spending increased by 16% in 2021

Environmental & social responsibility of financial institutions must go beyond green initiatives 

Most Indian banks and financial institutions do not have any environmental and social safeguard mechanisms

Ireland is past its ‘Celtic Tiger’ days; economic growth is good and we want it to be sustainable: Roderic O’Gorman

Down To Earth talks to Irish Green Party politician and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’ …