Research Report

Climate Debt Risk Index 2024 The Climate Debt Risk Index (CDRI) 2024 presents a stark indictment of the deepening financial precarity faced by Least Developed Countries (LDCs), driven by a disproportionate reliance on debt-based climate finance. Despite contributing a mere 3.3% to global carbon emissions, LDCs struggle with mounting climate debt, with their debt service tripling between 2011 and 2019. Post-pandemic projections indicate an unsustainable annual burden exceedi

Bangladesh’s solar power sector is mired in rent-seeking practices and elite capture, inflating costs and distorting solar market efficiency. Our analysis shows that the true levelized cost of electricity (LCoE) for solar should be approximately 5.78 cents/kWh , yet government-sanctioned solar tariffs are nearly double , reflecting regulatory capture and energy sector corruption. Land acquisition costs, a critical factor in solar project feasibility, are systematically manipu