CLIMATE RISK HORIZONS

West Bengal could save Rs 62,000 crore over a decade by transitioning from thermal power to renewable energy sources, according to a study by Climate Risk Horizons. The report suggests that the state could save up to Rs 318 crore annually by replaci...

The upcoming ninth edition of the International Forum "Primakov Readings" is scheduled to take place on November 27-28, 2023, in Moscow. This forum will focus on the theme of "Postglobalization Horizons." Notably, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Minister...

While midcap and smallcap indices rebounded by more than 45% from their lows, the real show stunner has been SME IPO delivering 113% growth over the past year.

India brought the G20 together, but it did more than that. It invited countries and international organisations; so, we can say the whole world came together. The very first important achievement is the African Union being accepted into G20, which g...

Global North investors are deterred by the possibility of a sharp depreciation of global South currencies. They demand high returns to take on risks. Climate action in the global South can be accelerated if affordable solutions are available for lon...

Besides the uncertainty on monsoons and the El Nino threat this year, it is pesticide issues and payment hassles with Iran that is acting up for India’s rice trade. Can this amount to more serious repercussions for India in the future?

Historian Peter Frankopan has said climate change may not be the catalyst for major changes but could become a “complicator” adding to existing problems. Trade has been critically linked to climate throughout history, and Frankopan explains that pas...

If a policymaker today were to decide on a decarbonisation policy till 2070, she would likely discount future costs. But if policymakers at different times were to decide on decarbonisation options in their own times, they would not discount costs. ...

The world’s fourth-richest man is now the target of Hindenburg Research, a US short seller, which characterized his meteoric rise as the “the largest con in corporate history” in a voluminous Jan. 24 report. It led to a $12 billion wipeout for Adani...

The World Economic Forum must put the spotlight on climate change, energy security, and the role of renewables in addressing these issues. This letter is my humble attempt to draw your attention to climate change, a critical threat to human life as ...

Using Dhaka, Bangladesh, as an example, according to the data released on Friday, additional deaths from climate change would be nearly twice the country's current all-cancer death rate and 10 times its road traffic death rate by 2100. Higher temper...

"Even if Europe meets all of its climate goals and the rest of us don't, we all lose," said Kate Larsen, head of international energy and climate for the research firm Rhodium Group. Emissions of heat-trapping gases don't stop at national borders, n...

The debate is often couched in ethical terms, in the form 'since, by implication, it is all - or largely - the sector's fault, the oil and gas companies should become renewables companies to deliver the solution'.

Trees can quickly and cost-effectively remove carbon from the atmosphere today. But when companies rely on them to offset their emissions, they risk merely hitting the climate "snooze" button, kicking the can to future generations who will have to d...

The plan aims to maximize green energy potential and save costs, the letter sent to top energy department officials of state and federal government said, but will not involve shutting down old and expensive power plants. India has 173 coal-fired pla...

"Our analysis shows that if we had been on track to achieve our renewable target, there would have been no power crisis. The additional generation from solar and wind would have erased the energy shortage and would have allowed power plants to conse...

None of the 34 Indian banks surveyed in the report have a long-term net zero target year with an implementation plan covering so-called scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, which cover direct green house gas emissions, indirect emissions through electricity ...

An increasing urgency is being demonstrated by various stakeholders in the US, UK, Australia and the commonwealth countries, in forcing leaders of companies and governments to acknowledge their responsibilities in providing them protection, both fin...

The trade-off between geoengineering and carbon removal depends on one’s time horizon. The sooner cooling is pursued, the greater the environmental and social impacts of carbon removal.