Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
Wildfires have destroyed an area of protected tropical forest twice the size of Wales globally since 2001, study reveals
A university-led study, published in a peer-reviewed journal, found that over 4 million hectares of protected tropical forest have been destroyed by wildfire...
Can the Great Indian Bustard reclaim the Deccan part of its range? Yes, provided traditional agriculture is promoted, says study
A study conducted by researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India assessed whether the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) could reclaim its former range across t...
CAG audit flags major gaps in Green India Mission implementation
A performance audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found that the National Mission for Green India (GIM) achieved only a fraction of its forest...
Marine heatwaves: Why is the ocean getting hotter?
A recent report explained the growing frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves, periods of abnormally high sea-surface temperature, and their link to glob...
India's green bonds find footing as stable 'greenium' underscores investor appetite
India sold Rs 50 billion (₹5,000 crore, about $524 million) of 30-year sovereign green bonds The sale priced at a "greenium" of four basis points below compa...
As record El Nino peaks, world leaders meet in Mongolia to confront a drying planet
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) convenes in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with delegates from over...
GOBARdhan scheme: How India plans to turn cattle dung, crop waste and garbage into fuel
The Union Cabinet approved GOBARdhan, the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme, with a total outlay of Rs 23,731 crore The scheme is to be implemented over a t...
New plastic treaty document criticised for weaker ambition
A new informal reference document intended to revive stalled negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution was released, and was quickly criticise...
Can climate rankings tell us which country is a good performer?
A comparative analysis examined why two widely-cited global climate rankings — the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and the Climate Change Performance I...
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: Milestone achieved in global climate action
The government informed Parliament, in reply to a question, of milestones achieved in India's climate action under its Nationally Determined Contribution (ND...
CAG finds 98% shortfall in Green India Mission forest cover targets, red-flags multiple lapses
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audited implementation of the National Mission for a Green India (Green India Mission, GIM) and found the scheme's ...
SC pushes India towards structured environmental compensation regime for solid waste management
The Supreme Court, ruling in *Amravati Municipal Corporation v. Ganesh Dadarao Anasane & Others* (August 2026), laid down a structured set of principles to g...
Nairobi meetings 2026: CBD’s crucial discussions end with heavily bracketed recommendations for COP17
The 7th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 7) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) concluded in Nairobi, following the 28th mee...
NGT petitioned against illegal riverbed mining near Kaziranga
A petition was filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change alleging large-scale, mechanised san...
Marine heatwaves are cooking our ocean ecosystems — and will only become more common
Marine heatwaves — periods of abnormally high ocean surface temperatures lasting days to months — are becoming longer, more frequent and more severe as the o...
Assam CM defends move to reduce Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone to 1 km from the default 10 km
The Assam government announced plans to approach the Centre with a proposal to reduce the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Kaziranga National Park from the de...
India's ethanol supplies cross 800-crore-litre mark, grain-based share rises to 76% in July: AIDA
India's cumulative ethanol supplies for Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025-26 crossed the 800-crore-litre mark, according to data compiled by the All India Disti...
Centre redefines Ganga floodplain, drops ‘construction-free zone’ provision
The Jal Shakti Ministry notified the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities (Second Amendment) Order, 2026, amending the 2016 pare...
Ladakh’s giant ‘rivers of ice’ are slowing as the mountains warm
New observations indicate that glaciers in Ladakh — often described as "rivers of ice" — are showing a slowdown in their flow as the surrounding mountains wa...
FSSAI tightens pan masala packaging norms; bans plastic, foil and synthetic laminates
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has amended packaging norms to prohibit plastic, aluminium foil, metallized layers, and synthetic la...