Earth's temperature has risen by 0.14° Fahrenheit (0.08° Celsius) per decade
since 1880, but the rate of warming since 1981 is more than twice that:
0.32° F (0.18° C) per decade. 2021 was the sixth-warmest year on record based
on NOAA's temperature data. To overcome such problems India's updated
climate pledge to the Paris Agreement after receiving the Union Cabinet's nod August 3, 2022. The pledge will lay out India's clean energy
transition pathway from now through 2030 and will be communicated to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Green
energy is important for the environment as it replaces the bad effects of
fossil fuels with more safe alternatives. Green energy is also often renewable
and clean, meaning that they emit no or few greenhouse gases and are often
readily available.
Green
finance
According to RBI Bulletin -- Green finance refers to the financial
arrangements that are specific to the use for projects that are environmentally
sustainable or projects that adopt the aspects of climate change.
Environmentally sustainable projects include the production of energy from
renewable sources like solar, wind, biogas, etc.; clean transportation that
involves lower greenhouse gas emission; energy efficient projects like green
building; waste management that includes recycling, efficient disposal and
conversion to energy, etc.
Our
banks are gearing up to render loans to various green projects. Largest Banks
like Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, Housing
Development Finance Corporation Limited
etc come up with many schemes like Solar roofs, Solar Home Lighting/Solar Water Heating
System, Largest Bio-CNG plant.
(i) Punjab National
Bank Schemes –
PNB SAUR
URJA YOJANA (PNB SOLAR ENERGY SCHEME)
OBJECTIVE:
Financing
Farmers for Purchase of Solar Home Lighting/ Solar Water Heating System.
(ii) State Bank of India
–
Installation
of Solar Roof Top
(iii)
Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited –
Installation of Bio CNG Plant
I
always feel very proud when our nation and its financial institution
participation in Global Platform is at Par with developed nation.
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