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Carbon-intensive assets are a financial time bomb.

Revamping our development model is crucial to achieve growth and prosperity in the coming decade, while keeping in line with green transition.

What are the policy changes that need to be adopted by India to ensure that it fully utilises the opportunities arising from green transition?

The Commodity Transaction Tax (CTT) was imposed on non-agricultural commodity derivatives trading in India from 1 July 2013. This paper investigates the impact of the CTT on some of the efficiency parameters of the commodity derivative markets in India. The authors analysed daily trading data from January 2006 to December 2019 of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) of India for five non-agricultural commodities: aluminium, copper, crude oil, gold, and

Pursuing a transition to cleaner cooking fuels could help achieve long-term goals of an environmentally sustainable economy, social inclusion, and emp

As the world soldiers on to combat this formidable adversary, another global catastrophe — one involving higher stakes and no cure — looms large.

While the recent push for MDB transformation is welcome and reform urgently needed, the IEG report’s recommendations should be evaluated more critic

As Norway takes over as the Chair of the Arctic Council, it will have to tread a fine line between its priorities and the geopolitics in the regions

With rising world energy requirements, could small modular reactors be the future of clean energy?

Budget 2022’s attempt to deal with critical challenges that the Indian economy will face is welcome, but a more holistic approach is still the need

Russia—the state with the longest Arctic coastline—is embarking on an ambitious plan to benefit from the vast natural resources of the region, while undertaking a military modernisation effort that had been stalled after the end of the Cold War. As one of the strongest players in the high north, Russia will be key in determining the future of the region, which is facing challenges brought about by global warming. This paper examines Russia’

A move towards universal business sustainability will need a multi-stakeholder approach, legal enforcement, and government policies

The findings of Working Group-III (WG-III) of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly highlight the global failure to scale-up mitigation actions to achieve the Paris Climate targets. Immediate and unprecedented action will now be needed to avoid catastrophic global warming in this century. The WG-III report details some of the policy actions needed at the global level to enable a sustai

Although Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions are low, its contribution to climate change mitigation is critical to global climate action. This report evaluates Africa’s climate policy through the lens of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities,’ an asymmetrical allocation of responsibility for climate action, determined by differences in countries’ contributions to historical emissions and their current capabilities to fight climate c

As countries reconfigure value chains to lower critical dependencies, the deals inked at the India-US meeting strengthen bilateral and multilateral co

The agriculture sector’s contribution to India’s GDP and employment makes it crucial to the country’s growth. At the same time, the sector’s massive greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to India’s green transition. The ongoing farmers’ protests also highlight the need for a climate-smart agriculture strategy that will address fundamental issues like income support. This brief outlines a framework for India’s “new green revolutio

The 2021 Conference of Parties 26 (COP26) propelled nations to ramp up their climate targets and the concomitant Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. However, the updated NDCs and the announced pledges for 2030 remain insufficient and poorly aligned with the targets of the Paris Agreement. The reduction in projected 2030 emissions is estimated to be 7.5 percent—far lower than the 30 percent requi

Trump's belligerence towards the Paris accords may ironically become its undoing.

This report is part of the Observer Research Foundation’s “Financing Green Transitions” series which aims to find potential linkages between private capital, in all its forms, and climate action projects. The series will primarily examine domestic and international barriers to private capital entry for mitigation oriented climate projects, while also examining potential avenues for private capital flow entry towards adaptation and resilienc

Depletion of natural capital is an irreversible process and steps to assess and combat this are needed urgently.

A proactive Europe is welcomed by many in the Indo-Pacific, a reality highlighted by a recent ministerial forum focused on cooperation in the region.

Even though Spanish politicians are pacifying fears that the national elections would not affect its EU presidency, a change of guard would most likel

As it hosts the EU-CELAC summit after eight years, the EU attempts to reorient it’s relations with Latin America in light of altered geopolitical re

वर्तमान न्याय्य ऊर्जा संक्रमण भागीदारी चौकट भारताकरता उपयुक्त नाही, कारण ती जी-७ च्या अजेंडाला प्राधान्य देते आणि आपल्या विशिष्ट ऊर्जा संक्रमण गरजा आणि आव्हानांकडे दुर�

जलवायु परिवर्तन मुहिम तभी सफल होगा जब 'जलवायु-संबंधी' रणन�

भारत के दो-पहिया वाहन उद्योग को ये सुनिश्चित करने की ज़रू�

सोडियम-आयन बैटरी तकनीक विकसित करने की दिशा में हुआ हालिय�

जलवायु के अनुकूल व्यापार नियमों के लिए एक समान दृष्टिकोण

हरित हाइड्रोजन का ग्लोबल हब बनने के भारत के लक्ष्य के लिए

इस वक़्त जलवायु परिवर्तन के मौजूदा इको-सिस्टम से जुड़े अ�

प्रतिबद्धता, सह-लाभ, लागत और पूंजी भारत के अक्षय ऊर्जा क्ष

जब जलवायु संरक्षण की बात आती है तो अधिक यथार्थवादी दृष्ट�

विकासशील देश कार्बन से छुटकारा दिलाने की नीतियों को लागू

कोविड १९ मुळे अर्थव्यवस्थेवर कोसळलेले संकट दूर करताना हवामान बदलाकडे दुर्लक्ष झाल्यास ते अधिक भयावह असेल. त्यामुळे शाश्वत मानवी विकासाचे गणित कोलमडेल.

हवामान बदल कमी करण्यासाठी नेतृत्वाच्या खात्रीशीर सातत्यांसह निर्णय घेण्याच्या यंत्रणेचे सखोल व्यावसायिकीकरण उपयुक्त ठरेल.

आंतरराष्ट्रीय विकास बँका जर आपल्या मर्यादांवर मात करू शकल्या, तरच १०० अब्ज अमेरिकी डॉलर मदतीचे लक्ष्य गाठणे त्यांना शक्य होणार आहे.

इस वर्ष का केंद्रीय बजट जलवायु अनुकूल बजट बनाने का एक अवस�

आजपासून दहा वर्षांनी जेव्हा तुम्ही सकाळी उठून चहा करण्यासाठी बटन दाबाल, त्यावेळी त्यात आलेली ऊर्जा कदाचित जकार्ता किंवा बँकॉकवरून आलेली असेल.

अनेक देश सध्या दुसऱ्या देशांवरचे अवलंबित्व कमी करण्यासाठी त्यांचे उत्पादन क्षेत्र आणि पुरवठा साखळीची पुनर्रचना करत आहेत. या पार्श्वभूमीवर भारत-अमेरिका बैठकीत झालेल्य�

शून्य उत्सर्जन (नेट ज़ीरो एमिशन) हासिल करने की अपनी प्रति�

अगर भारत को हरित संवाद पर खरा उतरना है तो एक राष्ट्रीय वर्

आर्थिक विकासाचे प्रारूप ठरवताना हवामान बदल आणि जैवविविधतेच्या संकटाचा विचार केला जायला हवा हे कोरोनाच्या जागतिक महामारीने दाखवून दिले आहे.

इतिहास हमें बताता है कि दबदबा स्थायी चीज़ नहीं है. एक वक़्

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