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					<title>Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/nepals-flood-disaster-puts-its-hydropower-first-strategy-exports-to-the-test/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Sep 2026 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Rudra Pangeni]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flash flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global, Himalayas, and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Dams, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, Glaciers, Global Warming, Himalayas, Hydroelectric power, Impacts of Climate Change, Mountains, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, and Sustainability]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nepal’s long-held policy of harnessing hydroelectricity and using it for economic growth has met new challenges: potential catastrophic floods in the snow-fed rivers amid rising global temperatures. The August 26 floods that originated on the Nepal-China border, and that knocked out around 10% of installed power from the national grid, has prompted a debate on [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nepal’s long-held policy of harnessing hydroelectricity and using it for economic growth has met new challenges: potential catastrophic floods in the snow-fed rivers amid rising global temperatures. The August 26 floods that originated on the Nepal-China border, and that knocked out around 10% of installed power from the national grid, has prompted a debate on whether Nepal should rethink its overall hydropower strategy or just adopt better-engineered plants. Amid this, the flood could jeopardise the country’s clean energy targets and push it to adopt more solar power. Immediate impacts The recent flash flood crippled a combined installed generation capacity of 281 megawatts, including a solar power plant, and damaged four other under-construction projects, totaling a capacity of 700 MW. One of the oldest hydroelectric plants, the 14.1-MW Devighat Hydroelectric Plant, commissioned 42 years ago, was wiped out. Further downstream, the flood badly damaged a 25-MW solar power plant, according to data compiled by Mongabay from official sources. Similarly, with a hub of a transmission line washed away on the Trishuli river’s banks, another 150 MW of power from different power plants is cut off from the national grid system. Transmission lines, including a substation on the Trishuli riverbank, were also destroyed. While officials are assessing the damage, estimates put losses at hundreds of billions of Nepali rupees, according to media reports. They say they can’t yet provide timelines for when the affected projects will resume generation. Around 983 engineers and workers are feared trapped inside the tunnels or power houses&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/nepals-flood-disaster-puts-its-hydropower-first-strategy-exports-to-the-test/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Community-based warning saves lives during Nepal floods</title>
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					<pubDate>07 Sep 2026 11:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flash flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glacier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Flood and drought]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Glaciers, Global Warming, Himalayas, Impacts of Climate Change, and Mountains]]>
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							<![CDATA[At 9:10 a.m. on August 26, head teacher Rajendra Dawadi received frantic phone calls about a flood heading downstream toward Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. He ordered his roughly 900 students to run for higher ground. Ten minutes later, the flood hit the evacuated school. When flood waters receded, the whole compound was buried under debris, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[At 9:10 a.m. on August 26, head teacher Rajendra Dawadi received frantic phone calls about a flood heading downstream toward Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. He ordered his roughly 900 students to run for higher ground. Ten minutes later, the flood hit the evacuated school. When flood waters receded, the whole compound was buried under debris, with only a fragment of the school’s roofline left showing. There were two “systems” that warned people about the impending danger that day: one built by the state relying on sensors and SMS messages, the other relying on community-based ties. Only the second worked reliably, and in the case of Dawadi and many other survivors, it even arrived first. But not everyone was as lucky. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), as of September 3, a total of 1,252 people have died, with 4,216 more missing and roughly 1.6 million people affected across five districts in Nepal. Headteacher Rajendra Dawadi of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, talks to relatives on his mobile phone in Trishuli Valley in Nepal. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Communication researcher Bhuwan K.C. observed that while one-half of the corridor (upstream) had no information at all, the other had information, but that information couldn’t convey urgency and scale. In areas nearest to the border, on both the Nepal and China sides, everything happened in just seven minutes. The sensors were knocked out immediately. But farther down, in Trishuli Bazaar, Betrawati and toward Muglin and Devghat, people received an&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/community-based-warning-saves-lives-during-nepal-floods/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Nepal disaster reinforces the need for regional preparedness</title>
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					<pubDate>28 Aug 2026 12:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Joydeep Gupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[S. Gopikrishna Warrier]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural disaster]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Glaciers, and Impacts of Climate Change]]>
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							<![CDATA[An entire mountainside of ice and rock fell into the Lhende Khola river on the Tibet-Nepal border, on the morning of August 26, triggering an earthquake and a flood that rose nine metres, killing hundreds, sweeping away at least six dams and hydropower stations, over a dozen crucial bridges, homes, roads and even a herd [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[An entire mountainside of ice and rock fell into the Lhende Khola river on the Tibet-Nepal border, on the morning of August 26, triggering an earthquake and a flood that rose nine metres, killing hundreds, sweeping away at least six dams and hydropower stations, over a dozen crucial bridges, homes, roads and even a herd of elephants all the way downriver to India. There was no rain, just the excessive heat caused by climate change that loosened the ice from the side of the 7,245-metre-high Langtang Lirung peak, till the entire mountainside, including a glacier clinging to it, collapsed into the river flowing below. There was no time for any “early” warning as the resultant wall of water, boulders and mud swept away within a minute the large three-storeyed Chinese government building that used to house the border land port at Jilong, facing Rasuwagadhi on the Nepal side. A similar hillside collapse had triggered a devastating flood in the Chamoli region of Uttarakhand in February 2021. And the danger is not over. A day later, debris was still blocking a part of the Lhende Khola, and water was accumulating behind the impromptu dam. More water, and that blockage is likely to give way, leading to a second flood. Authorities have already warned of fresh risk of flooding. Regional strategy Glaciologists have known for decades that a warming world is leading to faster glacier melting, formation of ever-larger lakes at their snouts, then the lakes bursting out of their unstable moraine&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/nepal-disaster-reinforces-the-need-for-regional-preparedness/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A study on African Bermuda-grass highlights gaps in bioinvasion policy</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-study-on-african-bermuda-grass-highlights-gaps-in-bioinvasion-policy/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Aug 2026 18:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Lekha Bandopadhyay]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Renuka Kulkarni]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[invasive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive plants]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Forests, Himalayas, Natural Resources, Plants, and Western Ghats]]>
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							<![CDATA[An alien surprise was waiting for Kuntal Saha, a taxonomist from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, when he spotted some grass after stepping down from his vehicle near Tangmarg, a scenic town in the Baramulla District of Jammu and Kashmir in September 2024. “It was my first visit to Kashmir. I was simply enjoying the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[An alien surprise was waiting for Kuntal Saha, a taxonomist from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, when he spotted some grass after stepping down from his vehicle near Tangmarg, a scenic town in the Baramulla District of Jammu and Kashmir in September 2024. “It was my first visit to Kashmir. I was simply enjoying the breathtaking scenery when I noticed an unfamiliar Cynodon population growing along the roadside, says Saha, adding that they had earlier seen the grass species near the houseboat where they were staying in Srinagar. Grasses of the genus Cynodon are valued for their use as fodder and in developing turf for lawns. The genus also includes a sacred grass (Cynodon dactylon) called doob, durba, dubari etc. in Indian regional languages. Saha, however, spotted something distinct and this eventually became one of the most important collections of their field trip in 2024, part of a decades-long survey which began in 1995 when Saha’s mentor, Indian Forest Service Officer Manoj Chandran (now retired), collected an unknown Cynodon species from Tamil Nadu during his botanical explorations. “At that time, the specimen could not be fully appreciated because of its close resemblance to other Cynodon species,” explains Saha. Over the years, they kept collecting specimens across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir. Based on this survey, the researchers recently reported that Cynodon nlemfuensis, the African Bermuda grass, which is native to Central and East Africa and introduced to India, has been naturalised in the Himalayas and the Western&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-study-on-african-bermuda-grass-highlights-gaps-in-bioinvasion-policy/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>New clues into how animals evolved an internal compass to navigate Earth</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-clues-into-how-animals-evolved-an-internal-compass-to-navigate-earth/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Aug 2026 14:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Nupur Fangaria]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migratory birds]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behaviour, Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Ecology, Environment, Evolution, Migration, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Magnetoreception is like an internal compass that animals use in their journeys, using the Earth’s magnetic field. It helps migratory birds navigate across the central Asian flyway, for example, or turtles, fish and other animals travel across vast distances. Recent research raises new questions about the evolutionary origins of magnetoreception and suggests that it may [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Magnetoreception is like an internal compass that animals use in their journeys, using the Earth’s magnetic field. It helps migratory birds navigate across the central Asian flyway, for example, or turtles, fish and other animals travel across vast distances. Recent research raises new questions about the evolutionary origins of magnetoreception and suggests that it may have evolved independently in complex animals. About three billion years ago, the Earth was still anoxic (oxygen made up less than 0.001% of the atmosphere), and the oceans had an abundance of metal ions, including iron. Eukaryotic cells, which make up  complex life forms, including animals, didn’t exist yet; life was dominated by archaea, the microorganisms that inhabit all kinds of extremes. In this scenario, iron ions found widely in the surrounding waters, could easily pass through a cell membrane and cause toxicity by stimulating free radicals in the cell. But the archaea were highly adaptable. These tiny microorganisms evolved the ability to protect themselves from the toxicity of iron by simply forming crystals out of iron oxide inside cell structures, a process called magnetite biomineralisation. The chiton, a marine mollusc, uses a unique protein to process iron and form magnetite teeth that it uses to graze on algae growing on rocks. Image by Michiko Nemoto. The magnetic abilities of bacteria Like most other abilities, bacteria is assumed to have adapted magnetite biomineralisation, a process where living organisms create iron oxide crystals inside cell structures, from their archaean ancestors. Over time, some bacteria repurposed magnetosomes&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-clues-into-how-animals-evolved-an-internal-compass-to-navigate-earth/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India’s ethanol push moves from the pump to the field, raising water and food questions</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/indias-ethanol-push-moves-from-the-pump-to-the-field-raising-water-and-food-questions/</link>
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					<pubDate>28 Jul 2026 16:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shailesh Shrivastava]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol blending]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Biofuels, Environment, Food, Fossil Fuels, Green Energy, Human Rights, Industry, and Water]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the third part in a series comparing India and Brazil’s ethanol transitions. This part examines how India&#8217;s ethanol model increasingly moving beyond sugarcane and molasses-based production to grains, raising questions about pressures on livestock feed and the food processing industry. The second part examined the challenges of procurement, storage, transport and quality control. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the third part in a series comparing India and Brazil’s ethanol transitions. This part examines how India&#8217;s ethanol model increasingly moving beyond sugarcane and molasses-based production to grains, raising questions about pressures on livestock feed and the food processing industry. The second part examined the challenges of procurement, storage, transport and quality control. In December 2025, tractors and crowds of farmers gathered near an under-construction grain-based ethanol plant in Rathi Khera village in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district. They feared the project would strain local water resources, pollute groundwater and damage farmland. The company said the plant would use zero-liquid-discharge technology and pollution-control systems. The protest later escalated into clashes with police, and construction was halted. The Hanumangarh agitation was one of several protests against ethanol and distillery projects reported across India, including in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Telangana, where communities have raised concerns about water use, pollution and impacts on farmland. These disputes are emerging as India’s ethanol industry undergoes a major shift from sugarcane-based to grain-based production. In the latest tender by state oil companies, grain-based distilleries supplied more than 70% of the ethanol procured, according to Athar Shahab, managing director of Zuari Industries Limited, an Indian conglomerate with businesses spanning agribusiness, sugar and biofuels, real-estate and engineering services. A decade ago, sugarcane molasses dominated India’s ethanol supply. That balance has now shifted. India now derives roughly 65-70% of its ethanol from grains, mainly maize and rice from Food Corporation of India warehouses, while sugarcane-based feedstocks contribute around&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/indias-ethanol-push-moves-from-the-pump-to-the-field-raising-water-and-food-questions/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Measuring development through wellbeing, sustainability and more [Commentary]</title>
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					<pubDate>20 Jul 2026 15:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Oliver King EDISoumya Swaminathan]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[S. Gopikrishna Warrier]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Carbon Finance, Climate Change Adaptation, and Conservation finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[India&#8217;s development story, like much of the world, continues to be told through a single number: Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Every quarter, GDP growth dominates headlines, shaping perceptions of economic success and influencing policy priorities. Yet GDP measures only the value of goods and services produced within an economy. It does not reveal whether soils [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India&#8217;s development story, like much of the world, continues to be told through a single number: Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Every quarter, GDP growth dominates headlines, shaping perceptions of economic success and influencing policy priorities. Yet GDP measures only the value of goods and services produced within an economy. It does not reveal whether soils are becoming more fertile, biodiversity is recovering, water resources are being replenished, diets are becoming healthier, or communities are becoming more resilient. While GDP remains indispensable for measuring economic activity, it was never designed to capture the quality, equity or sustainability of development. Recognising these limitations, the recently released report of the United Nations High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP, Counting What Counts: A Compass of Progress for People and Planet, urges countries to complement GDP with a broader framework that measures well-being, equity, sustainability and resilience. Rather than replacing GDP, the report recommends integrating these measures into planning, budgeting and accountability systems so that governments assess what truly matters for long-term human progress. For India, this call is particularly timely. Over the past three decades, the country has achieved remarkable economic growth, lifting millions out of poverty and becoming one of the world&#8217;s largest economies. Yet this progress has coincided with ecological degradation, groundwater depletion, biodiversity loss, climate vulnerability, nutritional insecurity and growing pressure on rural livelihoods. Economic output can continue to rise even as the natural and social systems that sustain it are steadily weakened. Relying solely on GDP therefore risks encouraging policies&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/measuring-development-through-wellbeing-sustainability-and-more-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Trade liberalisation meets carbon tariffs as India eyes EU market [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/trade-liberalisation-meets-carbon-tariffs-as-india-eyes-eu-market-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>30 Jun 2026 13:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Isha SharmaSoutrik Goswami]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steel Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Carbon Finance, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Green Business, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Industry]]>
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							<![CDATA[The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement was agreed upon in early 2026 after more than two decades of negotiations. Recently, the Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said India and the EU are expected to sign the FTA in December, and it is likely to come into force early next year. The agreement signalled [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement was agreed upon in early 2026 after more than two decades of negotiations. Recently, the Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said India and the EU are expected to sign the FTA in December, and it is likely to come into force early next year. The agreement signalled cooperation amid geopolitical tensions, but it also came amid contestation over the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which imposes a tax on the greenhouse gas content of imported goods, which became fully operational in January this year. As the union minister Goyal said, the FTA will give India the opportunity to increase exports to European countries, but export-oriented industries will also face pressure to reduce the emission intensity of their exports to comply with CBAM. The opposing impacts of tariff liberalisation and carbon tariffs on exports call for a closer look at the interaction between the CBAM and the FTA, especially in the Indian iron and steel sector, which remains one of the most exposed to the CBAM. It raises the question: how will the interaction between the FTA and the CBAM impact India&#8217;s export opportunities compared to those of its competitors? Moreover, is India’s long-term export competitiveness increasingly being tied to its industrial emissions? Climate action or trade-protectionism CBAM currently targets six carbon-intensive sectors, including iron and steel. These sectors account for around 10% of India’s exports to the EU and about 1.64% of total Indian exports. However, the EU is planning a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/trade-liberalisation-meets-carbon-tariffs-as-india-eyes-eu-market-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Bonn talks signal a new energy transition narrative, even as old divides persist</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/bonn-talks-signal-a-new-energy-transition-narrative-even-as-old-divides-persist/</link>
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					<pubDate>19 Jun 2026 12:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Finance]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy and Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[The annual two-week Bonn climate conference ended on June 18, exposing familiar fault lines over climate finance, trade and ambition while also highlighting a new push to accelerate the energy transition through electrification. The mid-year meeting is an annual affair under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) where parties negotiate the technical [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The annual two-week Bonn climate conference ended on June 18, exposing familiar fault lines over climate finance, trade and ambition while also highlighting a new push to accelerate the energy transition through electrification. The mid-year meeting is an annual affair under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) where parties negotiate the technical and scientific aspects of climate negotiations. It helps shape the agenda of the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC. At the beginning of the conference, the host of the next climate summit proposed increasing the global electrification target to 35% by 2035, up from the current target of just over 20%. COP31 President-Designate Murat Kurum called it a flagship initiative of the COP31 Presidency&#8217;s Action Agenda, &#8220;calling for a major acceleration in the shift from direct fossil fuel use to clean electricity across buildings, transport and industry.&#8221; The proposal comes alongside the COP30 Presidency&#8217;s work on a roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels (TAFF) in energy systems. On June 12, the COP30 Presidency presented progress on the roadmap, which is expected to be shared ahead of COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. Together, the electrification initiative and the TAFF roadmap suggest an emerging effort to frame energy transition discussions around deployment of clean energy systems rather than explicit fossil fuel reduction targets. The proposal has particular significance for India. According to a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report, the country&#8217;s electrification rate stands at around 19%, slightly below the global average of 21%. At&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/bonn-talks-signal-a-new-energy-transition-narrative-even-as-old-divides-persist/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Bengal tigers from India to be introduced in Cambodia</title>
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					<pubDate>04 Jun 2026 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Andy BallArathi Menon]]>
						</dc:creator>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tiger conservation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Big Cats, Cats, Mammals, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[Sat Born, 56, recalls freezing at the forest’s entrance when he first saw it. “Its head was this big,” he says, wide-eyed, spreading his hands to show the animal’s size. Recollecting that eventful morning in 2001, Born, who now farms bananas and durians, retraces his steps from his home in Trapeang Chheu Trav village in [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Sat Born, 56, recalls freezing at the forest’s entrance when he first saw it. “Its head was this big,” he says, wide-eyed, spreading his hands to show the animal’s size. Recollecting that eventful morning in 2001, Born, who now farms bananas and durians, retraces his steps from his home in Trapeang Chheu Trav village in the rainforests of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia. As he walks up a hill rising above the forest canopy, he points to a spot on the road. “It’s over here. When I saw the tiger, it was 9 a.m.,” he says. “I was really shocked… I couldn’t tell if the tiger was coming towards me.” In 2007, just six years after this fleeting encounter, Cambodia’s last confirmed tiger sighting was logged by a camera trap. In the 1990s, the country was estimated to host hundreds of wild Indochinese tigers, but decades of poaching pressure took a heavy toll. In 2016, tigers (Panthera tigris) were formally declared extinct in Cambodia. That may be set to change with the imminent translocation of a small population of Bengal tigers from India. Sat Born, 56, points to the spot where he claims to have seen a tiger (Panthera tigris) on a morning in 2001 while on his way to the forest to collect ratan. Image by Andy Ball/Mongabay. Although many reintroductions are success stories, this one raises some serious concerns. Why would Cambodia bring in a non-native tiger? Have the people living in these areas been adequately consulted?&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/bengal-tigers-from-india-to-be-introduced-in-cambodia/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Plugging data gaps in global plant diversity using citizen science</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/plugging-data-gaps-in-global-plant-diversity-using-citizen-science/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 Apr 2026 14:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Anusha Krishnan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Renuka Kulkarni]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Citizen science, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Forests, Plants, and Trees]]>
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							<![CDATA[What does a global map of plant life look like, and what happens when the data behind it is incomplete? A recent study published in Nature Communications in January 2026, describes such a map, built from field surveys, earth observation systems, and millions of observations recorded by citizen scientists around the world. This map now [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[What does a global map of plant life look like, and what happens when the data behind it is incomplete? A recent study published in Nature Communications in January 2026, describes such a map, built from field surveys, earth observation systems, and millions of observations recorded by citizen scientists around the world. This map now offers one of the most in-depth views of how plants function across ecosystems. However, the map also exposes something else. These are large, persistent gaps in the data that scientists rely on to understand the Earth’s vegetation, which means that quite a bit of the world’s plant life is still poorly documented. The study used 31 plant traits such as size, growth strategy, leaf characteristics, wood density, reproductive traits, and resource use to outline a global ‘plant economics’ spectrum. These characteristics, also known as functional traits, can help us understand how plant strategies change in response to climate and ecosystem stress. Currently, most global biodiversity data only tell us what species are found where; they don’t tell us what roles they play in carbon storage and ecosystem dynamics. Mapping these traits on a global scale gives us a spectrum of characteristics spanning fast-growing, nutrient-hungry plants to slow-growing, stress-tolerant ones and how these traits support plant growth, survival, adaptation, and persistence in an ever-changing world. This is especially important for informing models on energy, nutrient, and water cycles which are increasingly being used to plan infrastructure, agricultural, and energy strategies in a world faced with climate&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/plugging-data-gaps-in-global-plant-diversity-using-citizen-science/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India signals shift in climate priorities amid global uncertainty</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/india-opts-out-of-hosting-cop33-indicating-shift-in-climate-priorities-amid-global-uncertainty/</link>
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					<pubDate>17 Apr 2026 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[adaptation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP33]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenhouse gas emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitigation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy and Environomy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, and Climate Change Mitigation]]>
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							<![CDATA[India has withdrawn its bid to host the UN climate conference, COP33 scheduled for 2028, a move that reflects shifting priorities in global climate negotiations and geopolitics. Rajat Agrawal, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), informed the Asia-Pacific group of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India has withdrawn its bid to host the UN climate conference, COP33 scheduled for 2028, a move that reflects shifting priorities in global climate negotiations and geopolitics. Rajat Agrawal, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), informed the Asia-Pacific group of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) about India’s decision on April 2. A ministry spokesperson, Virat Majboor, confirmed to Mongabay-India that the decision had been communicated to the UNFCCC secretariat, but said no further information was available. At COP28 in Dubai in 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced India’s interest in hosting the climate conference scheduled in 2028. India had earlier hosted COP 8 in New Delhi in 2002. The COP presidency and the responsibility for hosting the annual climate conference rotate among the five United Nations regional groups — the African Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eastern European Group, Latin American and Caribbean Group, and Western European and Others Group. After Brazil hosts COP30 in 2025, Australia and Türkiye will jointly host COP31, followed by Ethiopia hosting COP32 for the African Group. This would be followed by the Asia-Pacific Group’s turn to host COP33, for which India had put forward its bid. The process of selecting a host remains “opaque” and takes place within regional groups, Joanna Depledge, a research fellow at the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG) at the University of Cambridge, said. India’s bid was still under consideration within the Asia-Pacific Group and had not been&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/india-opts-out-of-hosting-cop33-indicating-shift-in-climate-priorities-amid-global-uncertainty/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>From diversity to monotony, ecological communities are homogenising</title>
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					<pubDate>09 Apr 2026 11:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Guha DharmarajanTrisha Putturaya]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Renuka Kulkarni]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[habitat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive plants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[zoonoses]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecosystem services, Environment, Health impacts, Oceans, Plantations, and Plants]]>
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							<![CDATA[Imagine walking through different ecosystems across the world, only to find that species inhabiting them look strikingly similar. This is the reality of biotic homogenisation, a process where diverse biological communities become increasingly similar as unique endemic species, highly sensitive to environmental changes, are replaced by common generalist species, which are insensitive to such perturbations. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Imagine walking through different ecosystems across the world, only to find that species inhabiting them look strikingly similar. This is the reality of biotic homogenisation, a process where diverse biological communities become increasingly similar as unique endemic species, highly sensitive to environmental changes, are replaced by common generalist species, which are insensitive to such perturbations. Natural drivers It is important to recognise that biotic homogenisation can be a natural process. The drivers can be placed into two broad categories, disturbance and connectivity. Disturbance refers to changes over time in environmental conditions that can drive homogenisation by favouring species that thrive under altered conditions, such as hurricanes, floods, and volcanic eruptions. However, when the environment is constantly disturbed, specialist species that thrive under a narrow set of environmental conditions find it tough to keep up, leaving only generalists that can survive under a broad set of environmental conditions. Climate change can cause ecological disturbances at a global scale. Earth’s climate has naturally fluctuated over geological timescales, and fossil records show that there were past instances of biotic homogenisation, particularly following mass extinction events. For example, the Palaeozoic mass extinction, which wiped out nearly 90% of species, resulted in a global biota dominated by a few generalist species. Changes in landscape connectivity, such as land bridges and river networks, influence species compositions by facilitating species movement and increasing species overlap in previously distinct regions. Natural mechanisms can also facilitate global connectivity, ocean currents, for example, can facilitate long-distance movement of marine species&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/from-diversity-to-monotony-ecological-communities-are-homogenising/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Global sea surface temperatures are reaching record highs [Commentary]</title>
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					<pubDate>07 Apr 2026 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[C.P. Rajendran]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temperature rise]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Science, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Global Warming, and Oceans]]>
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							<![CDATA[Rising Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) and their seasonal fluctuations have emerged as among the most visible indicators of a warming planet. Yet, while public discourse on global warming tends to focus on rising air temperatures driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the increase in SST and its profound consequences remain underemphasised. Oceans absorb the vast [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Rising Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) and their seasonal fluctuations have emerged as among the most visible indicators of a warming planet. Yet, while public discourse on global warming tends to focus on rising air temperatures driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the increase in SST and its profound consequences remain underemphasised. Oceans absorb the vast majority of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. As a result, the upper ocean layers are warming at an unprecedented rate, driving SSTs steadily upward. Recent projections indicate that global SSTs are likely to approach record highs in 2025–2026, as oceans continue to accumulate heat at an accelerated pace — a trend expected to persist. Notably, even during temporary cooling phases such as La Niña, SST anomalies remain strongly positive. Should a warming El Niño phase emerge later in 2026, temperatures could climb even higher, underscoring the relentless trajectory of oceanic warming. The world&#8217;s oceans absorb nearly 90% of the excess heat trapped by these gases, making this absorption the primary mechanism behind rising SST. The consequences of warming oceans extend far beyond temperature itself, intensifying extreme weather events, disrupting marine ecosystems, and altering large-scale ocean circulation. Over the past several decades, consistent observational evidence from satellites and ocean buoys has revealed a steady warming trend in the upper ocean. The years 2023 and 2024 have been Earth&#8217;s hottest on record, and in 2024, global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures, although to breach the 1.5°C limit of the Paris Climate Accord, this level&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/global-sea-surface-temperatures-are-reaching-record-highs-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>West Asia conflict raises concerns over urea supply in India</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/west-asia-conflict-raises-concerns-over-urea-supply-in-india/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Mar 2026 12:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemical fertiliser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquefied natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nano urea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soil health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urea]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[As the conflict in West Asia involving Israel, Iran, and their allies continues, concerns are growing over its potential impact on fertiliser availability in India, particularly urea, which accounts for over half of India’s fertiliser consumption and plays a key role in crops such as paddy and wheat. The Indian government, however, has repeatedly maintained [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As the conflict in West Asia involving Israel, Iran, and their allies continues, concerns are growing over its potential impact on fertiliser availability in India, particularly urea, which accounts for over half of India’s fertiliser consumption and plays a key role in crops such as paddy and wheat. The Indian government, however, has repeatedly maintained that sufficient stocks are available and that it is taking all measures to ensure farmers receive sufficient fertiliser during the kharif season (from June to October). Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking in Parliament on March 23 and 24, said, “The government is also working to ensure that farmers receive adequate fertiliser in the upcoming sowing season.” However, he flagged the risks arising from the ongoing conflict. “This war has now continued for more than three weeks. It has created a severe energy crisis across the world. For India too, this situation is worrisome,” he said, adding, “Our trade routes are being affected. Routine supplies of essential goods such as petrol, diesel, gas, and fertilisers are disrupted. Many ships are stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.” If the global circumstances created by this war persist for a long time, serious consequences are inevitable, the Prime Minister said. On March 10, the government included the fertiliser sector on its priority list for gas allocation, stating that plants would receive at least 70% of their average natural gas consumption over the previous six months. Ahead of the kharif season, India’s total fertiliser reserves stood at 18 million metric&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/west-asia-conflict-raises-concerns-over-urea-supply-in-india/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Indoor plants may improve comfort indoors, but not replace ventilation</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/indoor-plants-may-improve-comfort-indoors-but-not-replace-ventilation/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Mar 2026 15:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air quality index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air quality monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indoor farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Plants, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Indoor plants and larger greening systems may improve how indoor spaces feel, but they are not a substitute for ventilation or filtration, according to a new study published in Building and Environment. The paper reviewed evidence on 26 indoor greening systems and assessed how they affect indoor environmental quality across technical, microbiological, health and socio-economic [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Indoor plants and larger greening systems may improve how indoor spaces feel, but they are not a substitute for ventilation or filtration, according to a new study published in Building and Environment. The paper reviewed evidence on 26 indoor greening systems and assessed how they affect indoor environmental quality across technical, microbiological, health and socio-economic dimensions. The study was led by researchers at the University of Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research under the GREENIN Micro Network Plus project. It introduced a ten-question framework to assess indoor greening systems and noted that much of the earlier research relied on short-term or sealed-chamber experiments that do not reflect real buildings. The review brought together 35 experts from the U.K., Europe, the U.S., Australia, India and Brazil. Indian researchers were part of the collaboration, making the findings particularly relevant for India, where heat stress, air pollution and building conditions shape indoor environmental quality. Prashant Kumar, lead author of the study, said the team designed the framework to address “a translation gap in the field.” He said earlier research often showed “what plants might do under simplified conditions, but not how they perform in real buildings once ventilation, occupancy, intermittent pollution sources and maintenance are considered.” Kumar said the framework was intended to move the discussion from “can plants remove pollutants under idealised conditions?” to “under which combinations of ventilation, source strength, and operational control does a given iGI (indoor green infrastructure) system yield a meaningful net change, and at what risk/cost?”&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/indoor-plants-may-improve-comfort-indoors-but-not-replace-ventilation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Study suggests air pollution may harbour drug-resistant bacteria</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/study-suggests-air-pollution-may-harbour-drug-resistant-bacteria/</link>
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					<pubDate>17 Mar 2026 13:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Aisiri Amin]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antimicrobial resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delhi air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug-resistant bacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PM 2.5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Health Organization]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Environment And Health]]>
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							<![CDATA[Delhi, Global, and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Air Pollution and Health impacts]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every year, Delhi&#8217;s air quality hits a new record for severe pollution, putting millions of residents at familiar and emerging health risks. Data on particulate matter, dust, and vehicular emissions are shared and dominate conversations. But new research emphasises the need to look beyond the usual chemical pollutants. Airborne microbial contamination, especially antibiotic-resistant bacteria, is [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every year, Delhi&#8217;s air quality hits a new record for severe pollution, putting millions of residents at familiar and emerging health risks. Data on particulate matter, dust, and vehicular emissions are shared and dominate conversations. But new research emphasises the need to look beyond the usual chemical pollutants. Airborne microbial contamination, especially antibiotic-resistant bacteria, is a rising concern that has so far flown under the radar. A new study, published in Scientific Reports, analysed indoor and outdoor air samples from various urban settings in Delhi and found significantly higher levels of Staphylococcus, a group of bacteria commonly associated with multidrug resistance. &#8220;When we talk about air pollution, we typically measure parameters such as carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5, lead, and others,&#8221; says Madhuri Singh, a research scientist in the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and corresponding author of the study. &#8220;However, microbial load should also be considered as an additional parameter, as it is equally important from a public health perspective.&#8221; The link between antimicrobial resistance and air pollution is not new; the science is well established, and the evidence is clear. However, this particular study is an important addition to the existing research as it uses data from Delhi, one of the cities that battles severe air pollution year after year, to show this link, says Sarah Hyder Iqbal, researcher and co-founder of Superheroes Against Superbugs, a community for awareness and action against antimicrobial resistance. Smog over New Delhi. A new study analysed air samples&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/study-suggests-air-pollution-may-harbour-drug-resistant-bacteria/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The environmental price of India&#8217;s new trade push [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/the-environmental-price-of-indias-new-trade-push-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Feb 2026 12:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[S. Gopikrishna Warrier]]>
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						<![CDATA[S. Gopikrishna Warrier]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Trade Organisation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Environomy and Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Environmental Economics, Environmental Law, Environmental Politics, and Politics]]>
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							<![CDATA[Never has the world been so concerned with discussions on international trade and tariffs as in the past six months. The last time there were such focussed discussions in the media and the public on trade was when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was agreed upon in April 1994. Even in those heady days, trade [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Never has the world been so concerned with discussions on international trade and tariffs as in the past six months. The last time there were such focussed discussions in the media and the public on trade was when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was agreed upon in April 1994. Even in those heady days, trade negotiation news was in the inside pages of newspapers, and not the lead story across all the countries in the world. In the past decades, national governments engaged in autopilot mode to develop and polish bilateral, multilateral and regional trade agreements, while the citizens went about their lives independent of these diplomatic exercises. All it needed was a capricious leader as the head of the biggest trading nation, and trade continues to hit headlines since months. This has been especially so in India, a country which stood to lose heavily due to the penal tariffs applied to goods exported from India to the US. With two back-to-back trade agreements — with the European Union and with the United States of America — the attention to trade news has almost been all pervading in the country. With the US Supreme Court recently striking down reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, another round of turmoil and confusion has been unleashed. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and European Council President Antonio Costa after reaching free trade agreement between India and EU in New Delhi on Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/the-environmental-price-of-indias-new-trade-push-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India-E.U. agreement promises trade growth but could face green regulatory barriers</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/india-e-u-fta-makes-big-promises-but-leaves-key-questions-unresolved/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Feb 2026 15:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTAs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patent]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Environomy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Environment, Environmental Politics, Green Business, Industry, and Politics]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and the European Union signed a trade agreement on January 27 that&#8217;s been projected as a major breakthrough “in a tumultuous time for global trade and supply-chain realignment,” as Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal described it. The free trade agreement aims to boost trade and investment between India and the European Union by [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and the European Union signed a trade agreement on January 27 that&#8217;s been projected as a major breakthrough “in a tumultuous time for global trade and supply-chain realignment,” as Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal described it. The free trade agreement aims to boost trade and investment between India and the European Union by reducing tariffs and trade barriers. The two major economies together account for about 25% of global GDP and nearly one-third of global trade. Both sides have presented the agreement as a win. India said in a press statement that almost all Indian exports will gain preferential entry into the E.U. Sectors such as textiles, leather, marine products, engineering goods, and agri-processed foods will benefit from the lower tariffs. It added that tea, coffee, spices, fruits, vegetables, and processed foods will strengthen their position in global markets, while sensitive sectors that are linked to several domestic livelihoods, such as dairy, cereals, poultry, and soymeal will be protected from foreign competition. India said that the trade agreement will open new opportunities for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), create jobs for women, artisans, youth, and professionals, and boost exports worth ₹6.41 trillion ($75 billion). The E.U., meanwhile, has said the deal will remove or reduce tariffs on its exports of agri-food products, opening up a large market to European farmers. It also said that sensitive sectors linked to jobs in the E.U., such as beef, chicken, rice, and sugar will be excluded from liberalisation. At the same time,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/india-e-u-fta-makes-big-promises-but-leaves-key-questions-unresolved/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Development projects in small and micro islands need careful planning [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/development-projects-in-small-and-micro-islands-needs-careful-planning-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>02 Feb 2026 12:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[R.J. Ranjit Daniels]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasive species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Coast, Ecology, Endemic species, Evolution, Islands, and Oceans]]>
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							<![CDATA[Charles Darwin may have been the first to observe and document evolutionary changes in island species and ecosystems. Evolutionary changes involve shifts in size, behaviour, reproduction, and physiology, driven by unique island factors such as fewer predators, limited resources and reduced competition. According to Darwin, in any small isolated area, such as an oceanic island, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Charles Darwin may have been the first to observe and document evolutionary changes in island species and ecosystems. Evolutionary changes involve shifts in size, behaviour, reproduction, and physiology, driven by unique island factors such as fewer predators, limited resources and reduced competition. According to Darwin, in any small isolated area, such as an oceanic island, the total number of species inhabiting it will be small. Yet, of these, a large proportion will be endemic. Predictable evolutionary changes are more often seen in island species than in their mainland relatives. This phenomenon is called ‘island syndrome’. Adaptive radiation (a process through which organisms adapt and evolve) in islands far exceeds the mainland. Competition is less severe. Evolutionary innovation is lower. Vulnerability to species invasions is much higher. Similarly, the size of islands constrains ecosystem development. Ecosystems are shaped by competition among member species for limiting resources — resources needed to grow, survive and reproduce. Competition leads to interdependence which in turn affects productivity. Since size determines the number of species that inhabit an island, it also limits competition, interdependence and productivity (amount of carbon fixed and stored in the form of biomass). A Nicobar pigeon. In an oceanic island, the number of species inhabiting it will be small, but largely endemic. Competition among them for resources is low, evolutionary innovation is low, meaning vulnerability to species invasions is much higher. Image by DickDaniels via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Size and ecosystem development The size of an isolated island is the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/development-projects-in-small-and-micro-islands-needs-careful-planning-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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