India beats China on green pitch of attracting clean fundsIndia surpassed China in clean technology investments during the third quarter, securing $2.4 bn, over four times China's amount. This surg...
06 Dec, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
Global 'peace pact' signed to protect natureCountries reached a historic deal on Monday to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems,...
19 Dec, 2022, 09.44 PM IST
COP15 Montreal: Negotiators close in on deal on nature and financingThe draft also calls for raising $200 billion by 2030 for biodiversity and working to phase out or reform subsidies that could provide anot...
19 Dec, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
Electra EV raises $25 mnGEF Capital Partners is a global private equity fund manager focused on making investments in companies that seek to address the adverse ef...
03 Nov, 2022, 06.55 PM IST
GEF Capital raises $200 million for climate-focused investmentsThis would be the second fund raise from GEF Capital Partners, a spun-off from U.S. based Global Environment Fund and the fund was anchored...
29 Mar, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
GEF Capital closes $200-mn climate fund as CDC, IFC, others chip inThe other investors include European Investment Bank, Proparco, Swedfund, the US Development Finance Corporation and BIO, the city-based fi...
29 Mar, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
View: Global climate inaction shows multilateral institutions need reinventingTo be sure, multilateralism will need to re-examine its shibboleths and may have to reinvent itself if it plans to save the world from itse...
29 Oct, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
Premier Energies raises Rs 200 cr from GEF CapitalPremier Energies will invest the equity capital to consolidate its presence as a leading integrated solar cell and module manufacturer by a...
24 Sep, 2021, 02.10 PM IST
GEF Capital Partners to invest Rs 200 crore in Hyderabad-based Premier Energieshe company recently started a 750 MW solar cell and 750 MW solar module manufacturing facility, one of the largest in south India. Around $...
23 Sep, 2021, 10.37 PM IST
India needs $2.5 tn to meet its 2030 climate change targets: GovernmentMahesh Sharma said the total fund allocation for eight missions of National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) during the 12th Five Year...
16 Mar, 2018, 08.48 PM IST
India among the largest recipients of climate change assistance, but a few key questions remain unansweredHow the developed countries should pay and one way is for them to provide funds to middle-income and low-income nations to mitigate and ada...
25 Nov, 2017, 02.34 PM IST
India questions rich nations' sluggish climate actions under previous commitments at Bonn SummitThe question was raised by India while supporting a group of developing countries' demand to include implementation of pre-2020 commitments...
07 Nov, 2017, 08.38 PM IST
Nations may focus on human and economic losses at climate talksG-77 countries and China will focus on ensuring flow of technology, finance and building capacities in developing countries to deal with cl...
06 Nov, 2017, 01.19 AM IST
Climate change may lead to spread of malaria, crop loss: GovtThe study titled 'Climate change and India: a 4x4 assessment - a sectoral and regional analysis for 2030s' was published in 2010 by the Min...
18 Dec, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
Paris pact on water and climate change adaptation announced; India is part of the coalition to save waterA broad coalition of nations including India, river basin organizations, business and civil societies from across the globe on Wednesday an...
02 Dec, 2015, 05.45 PM IST
- What Copenhagen agreement really means to India
In hindsight it appears that there has been a method in the madness.
21 Dec, 2009, 03.54 AM IST
- World Bank approves $180-mn loan for power plants in India
The World Bank on Friday approved a $180-million loan for the renovation and modernisation of old, polluting and inefficient coal-fired pow...
19 Jun, 2009, 02.39 PM IST