Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
The South at the centre
With the United States disengaging from multilateral climate commitments under the Trump administration and Europe grappling with energy crises and geopoliti...
Trump’s boycott and Europe’s backslide may make BRICS lead climate debate and action at COP30
COP30, the 30th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC, was held in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025 — the first COP hosted in the Amazon region. The United Stat...
'India belongs to its people, not a select few': Rahul meets tribal leaders opposing Great Nicobar project
Tribal leaders of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands met with Rahul Gandhi to express opposition to the Great Nicobar Island Holistic Development Project, alleg...
Hotter world, hungrier futures: India among most vulnerable large economies to food insecurity as global temperatures rise
A study by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) assessed food security across 162 countries using a climate-sensitive Food Secu...
Delhi among worst performers in single-use plastic ban compliance: Study
A study by an environmental group found that Delhi is among the worst-performing cities in complying with India's ban on single-use plastic (SUP), with banne...
'In the Chair, but have a query': A rare moment when presiding officer participated in LS Question Hour
In an unusual parliamentary occurrence, the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha — TDP leader Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was in the Chair during Question Hour...
Beavers can turn riverbeds into powerful carbon sinks: Study
An international study published in the journal *Communications Earth & Environment* has found that beaver-engineered wetlands can store carbon at rates up t...
India delays coal flexibility plan by one year as solar power curbs rise
India has delayed its coal flexibility plan by one year, pushing back the timeline for requiring thermal power plants to operate at lower minimum loads to ac...
Falling emissions intensity masks India’s rising absolute output
India has achieved a ~33% reduction in emissions intensity of GDP from 2005 levels (as of 2023), putting it on track to meet its NDC target of 45% reduction ...
India 6th most polluted country in the world: World Air Quality Report
IQAir's World Air Quality Report for 2025 (released March 2026) ranked India as the 6th most polluted country globally, based on annual average PM2.5 concent...
Govt plans to redirect 90 lakh tonne FCI broken rice to ethanol industry from next year: Food Sec
Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra announced that the government plans to redirect approximately 90 lakh tonnes (9 million tonnes) of broken rice currently held b...
Warming oceans linked to rise in land heatwaves: Study
A new study, titled "Large-scale aggregation of humid heatwaves exacerbated by coastal oceanic warming," published in a leading climate journal, found that w...
Arctic hydrological change not uniform: Study
A new study published in Remote Sensing of Environment used ESA satellite data from the STREAM-NEXT project to assess river flow patterns across 15 major Arc...
Mumbai to lose 45,000 mangroves for Rs 18,000 crore coastal road
The Supreme Court on March 20, 2026 refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court's order allowing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove o...
25 leopards relocated from Maharashtra to Gujarat's Vantara facility: Minister
Maharashtra's Forest Minister Ganesh Naik confirmed that 25 leopards have been relocated from the state to Vantara, a large-scale wildlife facility in Jamnag...
The latest world climate report is grim, but it’s not the end of the story
The WMO's State of the Global Climate 2025 report confirms that 2015–2025 are the hottest 11 consecutive years on record, with 2025 ranking as the second or ...
Three Flamingo habitats have high toxin levels, report
Three satellite wetland lakes — DPS, NRI, and T S Chanakya lakes at Nerul, Navi Mumbai — have been found to have dangerously high toxin and pollutant levels,...
Iran war: Why India must step on the gas with ethanol
With the Iran war disrupting oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, analysts and industry bodies are arguing that India must urgently accelerate its Ethanol...
Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year?
Conservation scientists are raising alarm over the Hudsonian godwit, a shorebird whose population has plummeted 95% over four decades and which travels 30,00...
Ethanol producers urge government to increase blending
The All India Distillers Association (AIDA), the apex body representing India's ethanol, bio-energy, and potable alcohol producers, wrote to Union Minister f...