The Energy Transition Is Achievable in Emerging Markets

Given the falling costs of renewable energy, the G20’s EMEs will need only $121 billion in climate finance for power generation – the amount over and above the investment required in a business-as-usual scenario – between 2024 and 2030.

Rakesh Mohan and Janak Raj

November 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM IST

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The Key to Unlocking Private Climate Finance

The transition to a low-carbon global economy cannot succeed without the active participation of the private sector, yet businesses and investors are reluctant to commit funds amid uncertainty and instability.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild

November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM IST

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India’s Net Zero Dream Faces a Copper Reality Check

India’s green transition depends on resources it does not fully control. Unless we fix our copper deficit, the path to net zero may falter.

G. Chandrashekhar

November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM IST

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Can China Meet Its Massive Climate-Finance Needs?

China’s climate-finance requirements for select sectors amount to some $1.3 trillion, 61% of the total climate finance required by all nine EMEs.

Rakesh Mohan and Janak Raj

October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM IST

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Beyond the Green Mirage: A Blueprint for Global Infrastructure Finance

Climate finance is trapped in an ideological tug of war. Infrastructure must be judged not by its colour code but by its durability, resilience, and impact.

Sharmila Chavaly

October 4, 2025 at 5:36 AM IST

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India's Climate-Finance Gap Is Smaller Than It Seems

Although much of the climate debate, both globally and in India, has focused on the costs of the energy transition, study shows that India’s climate-finance needs are relatively modest.

Rakesh Mohan and Janak Raj

August 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM IST

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Does Climate Change Matter for Monetary Policy Decisions?

Climate shocks are reshaping inflation, growth, and financial stability. For the RBI, integrating climate risks into monetary policy is no longer optional.

Hemachandra Padhan

August 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM IST

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Has Trump Killed Green Finance?

There are unmistakable signs that the US is putting pressure on international regulatory bodies to downgrade their climate-related work.

Howard Davies

July 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM IST

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Kerala’s Inflation Crisis Exposes India’s Blind Spot

Kerala’s surging prices expose India’s inflation blind spot, underscoring the need for tailored, state-level policy responses.

Richard Fargose

July 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM IST

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Why India Is Right To Challenge EU’s Carbon Border Tax

The EU risks weaponising climate policy as a tool of trade protectionism. India’s stance defends not just its economy but the sovereign right of developing nations to shape their own green transitions.

Srinath Sridharan

May 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM IST

Clearing The Air: How Carbon Removal Can Rewrite Our Future

The world has just scratched the surface of what is possible by turning captured carbon dioxide into usable products. Possibilities are limitless, at least in theory.

TK Arun

April 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM IST

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Can COP30 Succeed Where COP29 Failed?

Private climate finance will grow from $40 billion in 2022 to an estimated $650 billion by 2035. But most investment remains concentrated in a few markets.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia

March 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM IST

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Climate Finance Impasse As Lions Asked to Turn Vegetarian

Conflicts, scepticism, and incipient stress tests impinge upon climate finance as banks hesitate and policy struggles to align with climate risk realities.

R. Gurumurthy

March 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM IST

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