Simrin Sirur

Simrin Sirur

Email address

About

Simrin is a Staff Writer for Mongabay India, where she writes about climate change, national environmental policy, energy transitions, as well as the impacts of pollution on humans and nature. Before joining Mongabay India, she worked as Principal Correspondent covering the environment for national news website ThePrint. 

RSS
210 stories

The road to road resilience is paved with mindful construction and design say experts

Simrin Sirur 1 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

Crackdown on civil society and environmental NGOs continues

Simrin Sirur 24 Jul 2024

Just transition policy should focus on social infrastructure, apart from alternative jobs: report

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2024

Air pollution deaths spotlight need for health-based air quality standards

Simrin Sirur 12 Jul 2024

Climate models could be underestimating the impacts of future rainfall in India

Simrin Sirur 4 Jul 2024

Surviving a heat stroke, against all odds

Simrin Sirur 1 Jul 2024

Study finds leopard cats and red foxes cohabit regions in the Western Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2024

India experiments with parametric insurance to mitigate costs of disasters

Simrin Sirur 20 Jun 2024

Modelling study finds rural employment scheme plays an important role in forest cover

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2024

Many state reports documenting “unclassed forests” are incomplete

Simrin Sirur 23 May 2024

Dwindling forest commons leave Koraput tribal communities with little to celebrate

Simrin Sirur 22 May 2024

Assessing coastal disaster risks in central Kerala

Simrin Sirur 10 May 2024

[Interview] “This is in honour of adivasis fighting for their land, water, forest,” says Goldman Prize winner Alok Shukla

Simrin Sirur 30 Apr 2024
Red-headed vulture eating prey. Photo by Timothy A Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Measuring the scavenging value of vultures

Simrin Sirur 25 Apr 2024

Climate litigation has entered the room. But could great Indian bustards be inched out?

Simrin Sirur 19 Apr 2024

Experimenting with shed design to reduce heat stress in livestock, poultry

Simrin Sirur 16 Apr 2024

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

More than 15 years on, implementation of Forest Right Act is lagging, new report finds

Simrin Sirur 4 Apr 2024

Major players driving India’s green growth story spent millions in funding for political parties

Simrin Sirur 29 Mar 2024

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Videos
People walk past damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in Nuwakot district, Nepal on August 27. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Articles
Podcasts