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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

[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
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

A framework for sovereign green bonds a step in the right direction but has miles to go

Kundan Pandey 22 Nov 2022

Egypt climate summit started with a bang but may end with a whimper

Soumya Sarkar 14 Nov 2022

Big gaps in green financing could hamper India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 17 Oct 2022

RBI gears up to deal with climate-related financial risks

Kundan Pandey 19 Aug 2022

[Commentary] In the push for sovereign green bonds, transparency and usage of proceeds will be key

Labanya Prakash Jena, Shreyans Jain 7 Mar 2022
Bombay Stock Exchange.

With plans to standardise ESG rating, India’s market regulator takes a step towards sustainable finance

Kundan Pandey 10 Feb 2022
Fragmentation of forests in Southern India due to plantations. The latest government forest report classifies plantations as forests

[Commentary] Green language of the Union Budget may result in net loss for the environment

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 4 Feb 2022