Sustainable Investment: The Future Of Financial Markets In The Light Of Sustainability
Eric Usher, Head of UNEP Finance Initiative, answered to Climate Action questions on the future of financial markets in the light of sustainability.
Eric Usher, Head of UNEP Finance Initiative, answered to Climate Action questions on the future of financial markets in the light of sustainability.
Hub Culture founder Stan Stalnaker explains their latest digital currency, Ultra Carbon, and why it’s the way of the future.
If industry and society as a whole don’t change, we’re headed down a dark path. Curious exactly where that path leads? Researchers around the world are analyzing just that — analyzing current data to put together projections of future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their impact on the climate.
Our Editor-In-Chief Anne-Sophie met with Antje von Broock, Deputy Director for Communication and Policy at BUND, and asked her about her work with BUND and had a candid discussion on her opinions of Germany’s political stance on environmental issues.
It is highly possible that India, home to 300 million unelectrified, could deliver Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) — universal access to modern, affordable, reliable and sustainable energy by 2030 — when considering the country achieves the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) scale needed to to deliver this goal.
India continues with its aggressive timeline to issue tenders and hold auctions for large volumes of solar and wind energy capacities. As per a pre-defined timeline to issue tenders, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) issued the largest wind energy tender and the first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy tender at the federal level late last month.
Two of India’s leading solar power developers have managed to win possibly the largest capacities ever awarded in a single tender in the country.
Last month, Indian stock markets witnessed the listing of shares of one of the largest renewable energy developers in the country. This listing did not come through an initial public offering, but rather through a de-merger of the renewable energy developer from its parent entity. The company is now tied with Suzlon Energy as the largest pure renewable energy entity listed at Indian bourses, in terms of market capitalization.
Months after the Chinese government downgraded its solar capacity target for 2020, and weeks after implementation of sweeping changes to the feed-in tariff policy in China, India has announced its own aggressive auctions timeline for solar and wind energy projects.
Korean automaker Hyundai Motors has revealed long-term plans to manufacture electric cars in one of its largest markets — India. The company initially plans to import electric cars in India, and eventually turn it into a manufacturing hub.