Rati Verma and Sagar K. Chourasia Executive Summary Critical minerals- lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and rare earths- have moved quickly from the periphery of...
Policy Brief
Managing Heat Risk: Strengthening Resilience in India’s Banking Sector
Dr Insha Ahad Wani Key Insights 1. Extreme heat is emerging as a material financial risk for Indian banks. Nearly a quarter of bank credit (24.36%) is directed to...
Mobilising capital for India’s critical minerals sector
Rati Verma, Consultant, Climate and Sustainability Initiative, Kaira Rakheja, Energy Analyst - South Asia, IEEFA, Saloni Sachdeva Michael, Lead Energy Specialist - South Asia, IEEFA, Labanya Prakash...
Micro Loans, Macro Shocks: How Climate Risk is Reshaping India’s Microfinance Industry
Dr Insha Ahad Wani Executive Summary Climate change is increasingly reshaping the risk profile of Indiaʼs microfinance sector — weakening the repayment capacity of...
Reports
Extreme Heat As A Systemic Risk: Financing and Institutional Response in India
Janhavi Bhujabal Context India has made significant progress in strengthening its response to extreme heat over the past two decades. What began as a response to...
Beyond Greenwashing: Credibility, Scale and the Future of Sustainable Finance in BRICS
Janhavi Bhujabal and Insha Wani Executive Summary As climate finance grows in scale and influences investment and capital allocation decisions, the need for...
Accessing Institutional Capital for India’s Green Transition
India’s commitment to green transition requires an unprecedented scale of capital investment
Bibliographic Analysis of Climate Change Risk in the Financial System
Labanya Prakash Jena Abstract The research on ‘climate-related financial risks’, still in its infancy, is gaining momentum as businesses and investors are becoming...
Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero: Financing Needs (Vol. 9)
Venugopal Mothkoor, Energy and Climate Modelling Specialist, NITI Aayog; Divya Midha, Consultant, NITI Aayog; Dr. Dhruba Purkayastha, Senior Adviser, CSI; Labanya Prakash Jena, Director, CSI; ...
Bridging Global Agendas and Local Realities: Reflections on the COP30 Agenda
Imad Malik, Honey Karun, Insha Ahad Wani Executive Summary As the world shifts its focus to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, it is time to urgently turn global climate...
Green Manufacturing for a Net-zero India: Industrial Policy in the Decarbonisation Decade
Shubhansh Garg Executive Summary Green manufacturing is a critical yet underdeveloped part of India’s decarbonization strategy. Unlike the adoption of green...
Retail Loans for Residential Solar in India: An Alternative Financial Product
Labanya Prakash Jena and Vaibhav Pratap Singh Overview The Government of India (GoI) had a target to add a cumulative rooftop solar capacity of 40 GW by 2022 as...
India’s Auto Industry: Mapping the Course to Net Zero by 2070
Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Priyadarshini Alok Executive Summary India has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 (PIB, 2022). Decarbonising the...