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A market in Mysuru, Karnataka. Several Indian cities are introducing amnesty schemes to encourage property owners to clear pending taxes. Image by Kundan Pandey for Mongabay.

Property tax revenue could help cities adapt to a hotter world

Kundan Pandey 28 Mar 2025

India’s central bank recommends pooling viable projects to attract climate finance

Kundan Pandey 20 Mar 2025
An indigenous Santhal woman engaged in daily work in West Bengal. While climate finance prioritises mitigation, adaptation—crucial for vulnerable communities—remains underfunded. Image by Soumyabrata Roy via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

What is climate finance? [Explainer]

Kundan Pandey 21 Feb 2025
Agriculture is one of six sectors the Government of India is working on for its climate finance taxonomy, says the 2025 budget document. Image by Digvijaysjanoti via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Taxonomy for climate finance remains the missing link in India’s green transition

Kundan Pandey 14 Feb 2025

Editor’s Review 2024: The year when greenbacks failed green talks

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 18 Dec 2024

COP29 ends with a $300 billion promise overshadowed by distrust and discontent

Kundan Pandey 25 Nov 2024

Loss and damage funding languishes as costs of climate disasters multiply

Soumya Sarkar 22 Nov 2024

Delivering a trillion dollars in climate finance is doable, experts say

Simrin Sirur 22 Nov 2024

Finance and mitigation divide stalls progress at COP29 in Baku

Kundan Pandey 22 Nov 2024

Developing nations demand public grants, not loans, at COP29 finance talks

Kundan Pandey 21 Nov 2024

Talks on climate finance deadlocked in Baku summit as G20 nations meet in Brazil

Soumya Sarkar 19 Nov 2024

UN climate summit starts in Azerbaijan under shadow of impending Trump presidency

Soumya Sarkar 11 Nov 2024
Demonstration in Bonn at the start of a previous COP. In November, world leaders will gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, to negotiate future climate action. Image by Spielvogel via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

Climate finance to take centre stage at upcoming climate COP

Kundan Pandey 31 Oct 2024

Loss and damage fund gets a “compromised” draft deal going into COP28

Simrin Sirur 17 Nov 2023

[Workshop] Environmental economics: Valuing and financing climate action

14 Nov 2023

Latest RBI guidelines to help mobilise domestic capital towards green activities

Kundan Pandey 28 Apr 2023

India prepares for a domestic carbon market with release of a draft carbon trading scheme

Kundan Pandey 12 Apr 2023
From the Global South countries, only South Africa has developed a comprehensive just transition framework so far. Photo by Kgara Kevin Rack

[Interview] Global South needs to come together for a better just transition deal, says Louise Naudé

Kundan Pandey 31 Mar 2023

Study hints at high climate change risk in India, bats for investment in resilience

Manish Kumar 24 Feb 2023
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary and the Minister of State for Finance, Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad on the eve of Budget 2023, in New Delhi on January 31, 2023. Photo by PIB

India’s push for climate finance in Economic Survey 2023 reflects its stance as G20 President

Kundan Pandey 1 Feb 2023