Saurabh Trivedi
Industry Ph.D. in Climate and Applied Finance
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RBI’s options for tackling climate change-induced inflation
The opinion piece, first published in The Hindu BusinessLine, examines how climate change is emerging as a significant threat to price stability and financial resilience in India, with the RBI’s April 2024 report highlighting its potential to raise headline inflation by about 100 basis points and decrease long-term economic output by 9% by 2050 without […]
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Enhancing Access to Multilateral Climate Funds by Developing Countries: A Way Forward
The paper, admitted as an official input paper for the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group during the Brazilian Presidency, examines how to enhance developing countries’ access to multilateral climate funds (MCFs). It analyzes the current global public climate finance architecture, noting that while public climate finance nearly doubled from 2013-2021 to US$73.1 billion, accessing these […]
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Billions in oil and gas investments undermine Macquarie Group’s climate commitment
The report examines how Macquarie Group’s nearly A$5 billion investments in oil and gas companies contradict its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 and the 1.5°C global warming goal. Despite being a Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) signatory since October 2021, Macquarie has made significant investments in companies with aggressive expansion plans, including a […]