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Research for a Sustainable Future

Explore our curated collection of reports, briefs, and resources on sustainable finance in India. From climate transition planning to nature-based solutions, our Knowledge Series distills complex topics into accessible insights for practitioners, policymakers, and investors.

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Climate Finance & Investment

Country Platforms For Climate Action

An old idea under a new name: coordinating many funders behind outcomes a country defines and leads for itself, and what makes it hold together.

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Governance, Reporting & Transition

Climate Transition Planning

A transition plan is a time-bound roadmap, not a statement of intent: targets, actions, monitoring and disclosure that can be checked against progress.

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Climate Finance & Investment

Financing Nature-Based Solutions

Protecting and restoring ecosystems as infrastructure in its own right — what nature-based solutions are, and how they get paid for.

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Governance, Reporting & Transition

All About Financed Emissions

The emissions a bank causes without producing any itself — Scope 3 Category 15, and why lending and investment decisions sit at the heart of it.

Farmers driving cattle along the edge of a bright green paddy field under heavy monsoon cloud, with hills behind. — by Vivek Sen, Neha Khanna, Parag Puri, and Suryanshu Hooda

Sustainable and Climate-smart Agriculture Finance in India: India’s Policy, Financing and Opportunity for Action

Agriculture is India's second-largest emitting sector, yet 89% of its farmers work under two hectares. Where the money for a climate-smart transition currently flows, and the four pillars needed to shift it.

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Governance, Reporting & Transition

Green Budgeting

Building environmental impact into how a state budget is written, so that spending can be tracked against green goals rather than assessed after the fact.

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Repairability and Recyclability as Levers for Meeting India’s NDCs—The Case for a Recyclability Index

India generates 62 million tonnes of urban waste a year and treats a fifth of it. A repairability index is on the table — the case for pairing it with one for recyclability.

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Governance, Reporting & Transition

Sustainability Reporting Frameworks

Sustainability disclosure has moved from voluntary gesture to regulated obligation. The frameworks companies now report against, and what they demand.

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Landscape of Green Finance in India 2024

Our flagship tracking study, following green finance flows into clean energy, transport, and energy efficiency, from their source through to the sectors that ultimately spend them.