Labanya Prakash Jena is working as a Senior Manager and Head, Centre for Sustainable Finance, Climate Policy Initiative. Before this, he was working as the Regional Climate Finance Adviser Indo-Pacific Region at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Prior to this, he was a sustainable finance consultant for UNDP – leading the drafting of India's sustainable finance roadmap in association with the Ministry of Finance. He is a management graduate and holds a Master's in Economics from Utkal University. He is also a CFA Charter holder. Besides, he is a Doctoral Scholar at XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is a prolific writer on climate change, sustainability, and finance.
Los sistemas de almacenamiento de energía en baterías pueden resolver el problema de la intermitencia de las energías renovables. Pero se necesitan modelos financieros innovadores para fo...
Battery energy storage systems can address the challenge of intermittent renewable energy. But innovative financial models are needed to encourage deployment.
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Los países en desarrollo necesitan USD 1,7 billones de dólares anuales de inversiones en energías renovables. Reducir los riesgos es crucial para salvar la brecha.
El hidrógeno verde se perfila como uno de los principales impulsores de la transción al cero neto, pero hay que desarrollar la infraestructura y el entorno comercial necesarios.
Green hydrogen is shaping up as a key net-zero driver – but the related infrastructure and trade environment must be developed.
We need to enable $1.7 trillion in renewable energy investments annually in the developing world. Here's why de-risking is so important to that effort.
Direct air capture technology can be an invaluable tool in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of wider efforts to limit global warming.
Agriculture is responsible for approximately 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Here's how climate-smart agriculture can help to reduce emissions.
Multilateral development banks and development finance institutions are very well-positioned to do financial intermediation to lead blended finance deals.
Governments must invest in peatland restoration to meet climate change goals as human activity threatens the largest natural terrestrial carbon store.
Emerging economies suffer from a lack of access to capital when trying to implement solar power. But international public finance can help address this shortfall relating to renewable ene...
The largest city in India and its financial centre, Mumbai, has pledged net-zero by 2050 - it could lead the country's way in the low-carbon economy.
The technology to decarbonize industry exists - but it will require a substantial investment in assets and processes. We must make debt capital available.
