Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
Seeds of Sovereignty: How community-led seed revival is transforming agriculture in India
Grassroots organisations across India — in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and other states — are successfully reviving indigenous seed systems, reducing depend...
Rajya Sabha discusses working of Environment Ministry
The Rajya Sabha took up a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), scrutinising its policies, legislativ...
T.N. forest department plants 20,000 mangrove seedlings along Buckingham canal
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department planted 20,000 mangrove seedlings along the Buckingham Canal in Chennai as part of a phased programme to establish a green b...
Government moots central body to curb green nod delay
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has published a draft notification proposing amendments to the Environment Impact Asses...
Bird survey in Silent Valley records 192 species
A bird survey conducted from March 6–8, 2026, by the Kerala Forest Department and the Malabar Natural History Society (MNHS) recorded 192 species of birds in...
Does the new EIA amendment proposal fix institutional delays or bypass environmental scrutiny?
On March 5, 2026, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) published a draft notification proposing amendments to the Environmen...
Yamuna water still highly polluted in Delhi, DPCC reports show elevated faecal coliform levels
Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) monitoring data shows Yamuna River water quality remains severely degraded at multiple points within Delhi, with Bio...
Fire in the Himalayas quadrupled: Why forest fires are climbing higher than ever
Forest fires in the Himalayan region have quadrupled in recent years, with ignitions occurring at significantly higher altitudes than historical records — a ...
Kenya’s latest carbon credit crackdown reveals questionable practices, players’ sneaky ways
Kenya has cracked down on several carbon credit projects, revoking or blocking approvals for credits that were generated with irregularities — including proj...
India’s renewable transition caught between stranded power and institutional Inertia
India's shift toward renewable energy is being complicated by the accumulated financial burden of stranded conventional power assets — primarily coal and gas...
Cheetahs’ shift backs corridor plan: NTCA
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has stated that the natural movement of cheetahs from Kuno National Park (Madhya Pradesh) into Rajasthan sup...
Why Fadnavis govt pushes Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan 2.0 to tackle drought?
The Fadnavis government has doubled down on Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan (JSA) 2.0 in the 2026–27 Maharashtra budget, pushing water conservation works across drou...
Cheetahs moving from Kuno to Rajasthan show ‘natural territorial behaviour’: NTCA
Two cheetahs — designated KP-2 and KP-3 — from Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh have moved approximately 60–70 km into the Baran district of Rajast...
Global warming picking up pace, study says
A new study projects that the Earth could breach the 1.5°C warming limit set by the Paris Agreement as early as 2030, earlier than previous estimates that pl...
Climate change hits women hardest, funding support inadequate: UNGCNI
The United Nations Global Compact Network India (UNGCNI) released findings showing that climate change disproportionately impacts women and girls, while glob...
Gender, agriculture and climate change
A growing body of analysis documents how climate variability — including irregular monsoons, prolonged droughts, and extreme weather events — is disproportio...
From lighting lives to powering livelihoods: TERI's LaBL 2.0 targets the next billion
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) formally launched LaBL 2.0 (Lighting a Billion Lives 2.0) on February 26, 2026, at the World Sustainable Developmen...
Cheetahs moving from Kuno to Rajasthan show natural territorial behaviour: NTCA
Two cheetahs — designated KP-2 and KP-3 — from Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh have dispersed approximately 60–70 km into Baran district of Rajast...
What is the state of the environment in India? | Explained
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released its annual *State of India's Environment in Figures 2025* report, presenting a comprehensive data-drive...
European forecaster projects El Niño to form by May, doesn’t rule out super El Niño
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), one of the world's most authoritative seasonal forecasters, projects the formation of El Niño...