Labanya Prakash Jena

This policy brief assesses the distance between India's net zero by 2070 investment ambition and the domestic financial system’s current capacity to deliver it. Read more

Policy and financial interventions to support the more efficient recycling of batteries in India can turn a potential critical mineral and waste-management crisis into a strategic energy-security advantage, argue Prasad Ashok Thakur and Labanya Prakash Jena. Read more

This article outlines the importance of silver to the development of clean energy and green technologies in India. Read more

This article considers how climate change can be factored into capital budgeting decisions. Read more

This commentary article considers how green bonds are increasingly becoming mainstream in the financial markets. Read more

This commentary outlines the potential for India’s new Research and Development Innovation Fund (RDIF) to boost green innovation and decarbonisation. Read more

The opinion article outline the importance of electrification of the energy system to the global economy and India’s ambition to achieve Net-Zero. Read more

The authors detail a new type of bond for industrial decarbonisation to enable companies to invest in the emissions saving process. Read more

This commentary article outlines how the Andaman and Nicobar Islands can become a model for sustainable growth Read more

This commentary article outlines the need for subsidised insurance to help support low-income people in India who are facing increasing risks from extreme weather events attributed to climate change. Read more

The article discusses India’s new draft climate finance taxonomy which aims to accelerate climate finance flows and prevent greenwashing. Read more

This article discusses the need for pension funds to integrate climate risk in their portfolio choices. Read more

This commentary article outlines the need for transition finance for hard-to-decarbonise industries. Read more