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Urgent need to address $4 trn financing gap to accelerate SDG progress: FM
Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister Addressing the third Voice of...
Sebi proposes to expand sustainable fin framework in securities market
In a consultation paper released on Friday, Sebi proposed that...
AIA Commits to Achieving Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050
Lee Yuan Siong, AIA Group Chief Executive and President, said, "Our commitment to net-zero by 2050 will support the delivery of long-term sustainable value for our customers, our shareholders and our communities. AIA is wholly focused on Asia and, driven by our...
Sebi in process of stipulating disclosures specific to ESG scheme: Tyagi
Ajay Tyagi, chairman, Sebi The Sebi chief noted that Indian investors are showing increased interest in ESG compliant companies and investment products. Also, ESG funds are rapidly expanding in the Indian mutual fund industry New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi is in...
Difficult for India to achieve climate goals without compromising economic targets: Oxford Economics
''We think the new climate goals will be difficult to achieve without significantly compromising India's stated economic targets and its ambition to become a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024/25. Indeed, it may not even be possible,'' Oxford Economics said. New Delhi;...
ESG Book aims to ‘disrupt’ sustainability sector with free data
The ESG information sector has become a money spinner as asset managers increasingly rely on providers of such data to meet demand from sustainability focused investors. But it is also coming under closer scrutiny from regulators and governments as trillions of...
Financing sustainable development needed more than ever, says UN deputy chief Mohammed
Speaking at the Building Bridges Summit for sustainable finance in Geneva, Amina Mohammed urged all those present from Government, the private sector, international organisations and civil society, to do more to push ahead with a common investment framework to improve...
Brazil police recommend homicide, environmental charges in Vale dam disaster
The federal police probe, one of several parallel investigations into the incident that ravaged communities in the state of Minas Gerais, indicated that "various pollution-related crimes" were committed, as well as crimes "against land and water-based fauna and...
Hydrogen rush could shift world energy order
As countries transition to sustainable energy, oil and gas led economies could lose USD7 trillion by 2040, the International Energy Agency has warned. Hydrogen could give them a lifeline to extend their business model.Still, electricity is expected to be the energy...
Shimla, Coimbatore, Chandigarh Top Niti Aayog’s 1st SDG Urban India Index
Top 10 Urban areas in SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 are Shimla, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Panaji, Pune, Tiruchirapalli, Ahmedabad and Nagpur. While, bottom 10 Urban Areas in SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 are Dhanbad, Meerut,...
Canada flood shows how climate change could fuel atmospheric river storms
"There may be fewer, but they are going to be lasting longer, and more intense," Vicky Espinoza, an author of the NASA study who is now a graduate student at the University of California Merced, said. Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded...
urban risk landscapes to be driven by 3 main underlying trends:Geneva Association report
Man-made climate change not only directly affects the frequency and severity of weather-related hazards, it also brings longer-term shifts such as sea level rise, water scarcity and quality issues, as well as sustained higher temperatures and heatwaves, said the...