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					<title>India’s carbon market sets weak emissions targets, analysis finds</title>
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					<pubDate>31 Jul 2026 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Carbon Finance, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Green Business, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Pollution, and Technology]]>
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							<![CDATA[A critical evaluation of emissions reduction targets set under the country’s carbon market framework has deemed the targets “modest and unambitious” — unlikely to drive changes in operations that would reduce emissions substantially. Between October 2025 and January 2026 India notified greenhouse gas reduction targets for nine industries. Under the framework, industries can earn carbon [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A critical evaluation of emissions reduction targets set under the country’s carbon market framework has deemed the targets “modest and unambitious” — unlikely to drive changes in operations that would reduce emissions substantially. Between October 2025 and January 2026 India notified greenhouse gas reduction targets for nine industries. Under the framework, industries can earn carbon credits if they surpass these reduction targets, with each credit signifying an additional tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent reduced per unit of production (emissions intensity). The industries covered include cement, aluminium, iron and steel, paper and pulp, chlor-alkali, petroleum refinery, petrochemical units, fertilisers, and textiles. The evaluation of the targets by Climate Risk Horizons (CRH), a research organisation, finds that in addition to the targets being “readily achievable,” over the two-year compliance period, the cost of non-compliance is too low to incentivise the kind of systematic operational changes needed to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. India is the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter, with emissions from industrial processes and product use accounting for approximately 8% of greenhouse gas emissions. In August 2022, the Indian government pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 45% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. It also pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2070. According to the CRH analysis, the cost of purchasing credits for major companies in the steel, aluminium, and cement sectors is between 0.6% and 7% of profits, assuming credit prices are $10 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent, as indicated by S&amp;P Global, which tracks&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/indias-carbon-market-sets-weak-emissions-targets-analysis-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Why feasibility matters for land use projects in India [Commentary]</title>
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					<pubDate>07 Jul 2026 15:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[J.V. SharmaSayanta Ghosh]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[land management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihoods]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Biodiversity, Carbon emissions, Carbon Finance, Carbon Offset, Carbon Trading, Climate Change Mitigation, Deforestation, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Forestry, Forests, Grasslands, Green Business, and Reforestation]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s carbon market conversation is widening beyond energy and industry. Forests, farms, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves and rice fields are increasingly being viewed as spaces where climate action, ecological restoration and rural livelihoods can converge. Carbon credits are expected to help bring private finance into these landscapes. But the global experience of the voluntary carbon market [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s carbon market conversation is widening beyond energy and industry. Forests, farms, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves and rice fields are increasingly being viewed as spaces where climate action, ecological restoration and rural livelihoods can converge. Carbon credits are expected to help bring private finance into these landscapes. But the global experience of the voluntary carbon market shows that a project can be registered, verified and even generate credits without necessarily delivering the climate or community outcomes that buyers assume. After evaluating 2,346 carbon-crediting projects and nearly one billion tonnes of issued credits, a 2024 study in Nature Communications estimated that less than 16% of the credits examined, represented real emission reductions. The study does not mean that every carbon project has failed, but it shows how badly results can diverge from claims when baselines, additionality or monitoring are weak. Specific cases make the warning harder to ignore. In 2025, the carbon certifier Verra reviewed Zimbabwe’s Kariba REDD+ project and found that actual deforestation in the reference area was far lower than originally projected. Verra identified 15.22 million excess credits among 26.82 million credits already issued and said these could no longer be corrected through future monitoring periods because the project had withdrawn from its registry. Similarly, in 2024, Verra rejected 37 rice-cultivation projects in China. It sanctioned project proponents and validation bodies and required compensation for overissued credits after concerns were raised about project areas, additionality and emission-reduction calculations. Community governance can be equally decisive. The Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/why-feasibility-matters-for-land-use-projects-in-india-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>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Isha SharmaSoutrik Goswami]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steel Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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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>Financing the green shift remains a hurdle for steel MSMEs</title>
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					<pubDate>24 Jun 2026 15:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Rohini Krishnamurthy]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steel Industry]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Carbon Finance, Climate Change, Environment, Green Business, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Industry]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nearly a decade after independence, one of India’s first public sector steel plants was established in Bhilai, Durg district, Chhattisgarh — a region rich in iron ore, coal and other natural resources. In the ensuing decades, several scattered steel units, dominated by micro, small, and medium-enterprises (MSMEs), began to mushroom some 40 km away in [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nearly a decade after independence, one of India’s first public sector steel plants was established in Bhilai, Durg district, Chhattisgarh — a region rich in iron ore, coal and other natural resources. In the ensuing decades, several scattered steel units, dominated by micro, small, and medium-enterprises (MSMEs), began to mushroom some 40 km away in Raipur, helping Chhattisgarh become the third-largest producer of crude steel in the country. Meanwhile, about 1,100 km away, a slightly different story unfolded in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur during the 1960s — one where the region’s industrial journey was shaped by its agricultural roots. The demand for agricultural machinery paved the way for a local foundry industry. Foundries use metals like iron to produce castings that are used widely, from irrigation pumps to automobiles. Now, Kolhapur is one of the country’s largest foundry clusters, dominated by MSMEs, contributing 7-8% of India’s casting production. Together, Raipur and Kolhapur, along with other MSME clusters across India, drive India’s secondary steel production — where steel is made by melting scrap metal and other processed forms of iron in electric furnaces, rather than producing iron from iron ore first. The secondary steel sector, which contributes 30-35% of the country’s crude steel capacity, is dominated by MSMEs and relies on coal and inefficient technologies. In contrast, the primary production route is also energy-intensive but dominated by large players with higher capital investment. Notably, the secondary route of steel production accounts for more than 50 million tonnes (MT) of greenhouse gas emissions annually, according&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/financing-the-green-shift-remains-a-hurdle-for-steel-msmes/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Rethinking India’s climate plan through equity, delivery and intent [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/rethinking-indias-climate-plan-through-equity-delivery-and-intent-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Jun 2026 14:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mohana ManimaranRavi Shankar Prasad]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, and Sustainability]]>
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							<![CDATA[The concept of &#8216;ratcheting ambition&#8217; now shapes global climate action. However, ambition is often measured using a single, uniform metric: comparing all countries against a common temperature goal. This approach overlooks countries&#8217; unique circumstances, development needs, shortage of climate finance, and historical responsibility. India released its third nationally determined contribution (NDC 3.0) in March. It [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The concept of &#8216;ratcheting ambition&#8217; now shapes global climate action. However, ambition is often measured using a single, uniform metric: comparing all countries against a common temperature goal. This approach overlooks countries&#8217; unique circumstances, development needs, shortage of climate finance, and historical responsibility. India released its third nationally determined contribution (NDC 3.0) in March. It is the climate pledge each country under the Paris Agreement files and is expected to ratchet up with every cycle. The latest NDC is for 2031-2035 and has been subject to a convoluted reading. A set of forward-looking commitments, with deliverable outcomes, and aligned with the long-term vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, has been characterised as moderate by many observers. Applying one standard to measure ambition contradicts the Paris Agreement’s principle of equity. Article 2.2 emphasises common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, meaning all nations must act, but those with the most historical emissions and greatest means should do more. Criticism of India’s new plan as &#8216;moderate&#8217; overlooks this principle and ignores India&#8217;s record of delivering on commitments. As the second Global Stocktake (GST2) is set to commence later this year, it is important to assess ambition in its broader context — taking into account equity, historical responsibility, the delivery of past commitments, and the overarching, holistic long-term vision to combat climate change. Viewed through this lens, India&#8217;s NDC 3.0 signals stronger ambition than many assessments suggest. Taking into account legacy emissions Cumulative CO₂ emissions data from the Global Carbon Project reveals a stark&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/rethinking-indias-climate-plan-through-equity-delivery-and-intent-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Efficiency mandates can build India’s clean tech sovereignty [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/efficiency-mandates-can-build-indias-clean-tech-sovereignty-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>15 Jun 2026 16:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Ajay Mathur]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Commentary, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Green Business, Green Energy, Industry, Renewable Energy, and Technology]]>
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							<![CDATA[For decades, India’s approach to advanced technologies has followed a predictable, high-stakes pattern. Each time a global technology goes through a generational shift, a mad scramble ensues to import the latest machinery, components, or manufacturing lines. We saw it in the early phases of thermal power automation, witnessed it during the electronics boom, and today [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[For decades, India’s approach to advanced technologies has followed a predictable, high-stakes pattern. Each time a global technology goes through a generational shift, a mad scramble ensues to import the latest machinery, components, or manufacturing lines. We saw it in the early phases of thermal power automation, witnessed it during the electronics boom, and today we are seeing it play out acutely in the clean energy transition. While importing technology serves as a necessary jumpstart, relying on it as a permanent strategy creates a fragile foundation. In an era defined by geopolitical volatility, trade barriers, and fractured supply chains, the strategy of continuous imports is no longer just economically draining, but also a risk to national energy security. To build a truly resilient, low-carbon future, India must pivot from being a passive consumer of global technology to an active creator of indigenous innovations. The key to unlocking this shift does not lie in blunt import bans or open-ended subsidies alone. Instead, it lies in a regulatory mechanism that India has already proven. Anchoring long-term procurement frameworks to progressively tightening, non-negotiable efficiency standards can work. By announcing these escalations well in advance, India can compel industry players to move away from quick-fix imports, invest heavily in domestic research, development, and demonstration (RD&amp;D), and forge deep, lasting linkages with local academia. The fragility of the import trap India’s climate targets are among the most ambitious in the world, requiring the deployment of hundreds of gigawatts of renewable energy over the next few&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/efficiency-mandates-can-build-indias-clean-tech-sovereignty-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Coal for cooking during LPG crisis raises questions over health risks</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/bihars-coal-distribution-scheme-raises-questions-over-health-risks/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 May 2026 15:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Umesh Kumar Ray]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[cooking fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firewood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LPG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bihar]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Coal, Energy, Food, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions]]>
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							<![CDATA[As the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) crisis deepens due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Bihar government has taken an unusual decision: to provide coal for cooking to families holding ration cards. Under guidelines issued by the food and consumer protection department, families in Bihar covered by the National Food Security Act &#8211; [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) crisis deepens due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Bihar government has taken an unusual decision: to provide coal for cooking to families holding ration cards. Under guidelines issued by the food and consumer protection department, families in Bihar covered by the National Food Security Act &#8211; currently around 17.9 million households &#8211; would receive 100 kg of coal every month through more than 50,000 fair price shops in Bihar. In effect, Bihar will burn 1.79 million tonnes of coal for cooking every month. There is no specified end date of this plan. Following the disruption of critical corridors for LPG supply to India, many parts of the country have faced an LPG shortage. The Bihar government formed a high-level Crisis Management Group to address this and at a March 30 meeting, the group decided to distribute coal for cooking. The Bihar State Mining Corporation Limited (BSMCL) has been designated as the authorised agency for the purpose and has invited applications from wholesalers for coal distribution. Each vendor will be allocated up to 10,000 metric tonnes of coal annually. In guidelines issued on April 21, the food and consumer protection department classified the LPG shortage as an “anthropogenic disaster.” A tea stall in Patna, Bihar, uses coal for cooking. To combat the LPG crisis, the Bihar government has decided to provide coal for cooking to families holding ration cards. Gamilies covered by the National Food Security Act would receive 100 kg of&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/bihars-coal-distribution-scheme-raises-questions-over-health-risks/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>While the world hesitates, India must continue leading on climate [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/while-the-world-hesitates-india-must-continue-leading-on-climate-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>12 May 2026 12:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Minal PathakVaibhav Chaturvedi]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanisation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Science, Energy, Human Rights, Renewable Energy, and Sustainability]]>
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							<![CDATA[India is already brushing up against record electricity demand weeks before the peak of summer, with consumption nearing a record 256 gigawatts in April as an intense heatwave sweeps across large parts of the country. Temperatures in central and southern regions are climbing well into the mid-40s, pushing cooling demand and straining power systems earlier [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India is already brushing up against record electricity demand weeks before the peak of summer, with consumption nearing a record 256 gigawatts in April as an intense heatwave sweeps across large parts of the country. Temperatures in central and southern regions are climbing well into the mid-40s, pushing cooling demand and straining power systems earlier than usual. These accelerating extremes coincide with India&#8217;s unveiling of its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for 2035 at a moment of geopolitical uncertainty. The opening months of 2026 have also underscored how fractured the global climate consensus has become. Some countries are wavering on climate commitments, even as 2025 closed with a grim roll-call of climate records, disasters, and missed targets worldwide. With global tensions disrupting energy markets and exposing the fragility of fuel supply chains, one message is clear: climate ambition today is inseparable from energy security. India’s climate choices are now about securing growth, stability, and strategic autonomy, and they carry unusual weight going forward. India must now move decisively from targets to systems that protect its growth and credibility in the Global South. There are some steps that India can take on this pathway. Embedding science and development at the core First, public policy must be guided by the best available evidence. Across the world, scientists are increasingly questioned even as environmental decisions are taken as short-term fixes. Such choices, whether on air quality, energy, or climate policy, affect not just present welfare but future generations. The question is simple: what&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/while-the-world-hesitates-india-must-continue-leading-on-climate-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>When recycling plastic creates more problems than it solves</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/when-recycling-plastic-creates-more-problems-than-it-solves/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Apr 2026 15:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Ravleen Kaur]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microplastics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Beyond the Hype and Just Transitions]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Energy, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Plastic, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Delhi summers are a good time for Jharna Khatun to earn. She runs a micro material recovery facility in an informal settlement near Chanakyapuri, the capital&#8217;s diplomatic enclave. “Summers bring in a large amount of PET bottles. PET fetches the best price in the recycling market — ₹30 per kilogram,” says Khatun who earns ₹12-13,000 [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Delhi summers are a good time for Jharna Khatun to earn. She runs a micro material recovery facility in an informal settlement near Chanakyapuri, the capital&#8217;s diplomatic enclave. “Summers bring in a large amount of PET bottles. PET fetches the best price in the recycling market — ₹30 per kilogram,” says Khatun who earns ₹12-13,000 a month from sorting and selling waste to recyclers. Over half of this waste is plastic waste. India generates 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste per day. About 60% of this is sorted by people like Khatun who form the informal waste recycling sector in India. There are an estimated 1.5 million (15 lakh) workers who participate in this sector. In recent years, many new “green solutions” have been proposed to tackle plastic waste, but several of them offer only superficial fixes doing little to reduce pollution. They, in turn, land up stripping waste workers of their livelihood while also generating more emissions than they appear to curb. These energy and capital intensive technologies are concentrating the responsibility of waste management in the hands of a few conglomerates. Additionally, policy solutions like Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging, meant to encourage companies to design better packaging, are being undermined by some companies that use loopholes in the system to buy fraudulent credits and claim compliance without any real action. “False solutions are propagated by the same industry that created the problem,” says Arpita Bhagat, plastic policy officer with the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA),&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/when-recycling-plastic-creates-more-problems-than-it-solves/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Oleum leak puts spotlight on safety and pollution in a chemical hub</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/oleum-leak-puts-spotlight-on-safety-and-pollution-in-a-chemical-hub/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Mar 2026 11:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Meena Menon]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel leak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petroleum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Environment And Health]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Maharashtra]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Carbon emissions, Environment, Environmental Crime, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, and Pollution]]>
						</topic-tags>
					
					
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							<![CDATA[In the Tarapur unit of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) at Boisar, in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, gas leaks are not uncommon. Yet no one was quite prepared for over a ton of liquid oleum leaking into the atmosphere and creating a dense fog-like situation on the afternoon of March 2, ironically, just two days [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the Tarapur unit of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) at Boisar, in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, gas leaks are not uncommon. Yet no one was quite prepared for over a ton of liquid oleum leaking into the atmosphere and creating a dense fog-like situation on the afternoon of March 2, ironically, just two days before National Safety Week which aims to promote safety and prevent accidents in workplaces. While a few suffered the toxic effects and were admitted to nearby hospitals, there were no fatalities reported. Oleum is a corrosive liquid, a mix of sulphuric and sulphur trioxide, used in the production of sulphuric acid. It is a raw material for manufacturing dye intermediates in which Bhageria Industries specialises. The leak occurred from two day-tanks at Bhageria Industries Limited. The Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health (DISH), Maharashtra which is investigating the leak, found that about 1,200 litres or 1.2 tonnes of oleum was stored in these two tanks at the unit and they were placed on cement structures on four legs. One of the legs broke possibly due to the corrosive ambience, and one of the tanks with 800 litres of oleum, tilted and collapsed onto the other tank which contained 400 litres, breaking the charging valve. As a result, the liquid oleum spilled out, forming a dense gas when it came into contact with outside air. The liquid vapour spread due to the wind direction, and many people started running away from the vapour that was rapidly&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/oleum-leak-puts-spotlight-on-safety-and-pollution-in-a-chemical-hub/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India’s new waste management rules face old implementation gaps</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/indias-new-waste-management-rules-face-old-implementation-gaps-in-the-capital/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Mar 2026 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Jyotsnika Tiwari]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Simrinsirur]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solid waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toxic Waste Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste-to-energy]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Delhi]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Biofuels, Carbon emissions, Energy, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Pollution, Renewable Energy, and Waste management]]>
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							<![CDATA[India&#8217;s environment ministry notified the new solid waste management (SWM) rules of 2026 on January 27, superseding the 2016 rules. The new rules signal a shift towards a more systematic compliance architecture, with a clearer outline of duties for waste generators, a revised definition of Bulk Waste Generators, and higher landfill user fees for mixed [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India&#8217;s environment ministry notified the new solid waste management (SWM) rules of 2026 on January 27, superseding the 2016 rules. The new rules signal a shift towards a more systematic compliance architecture, with a clearer outline of duties for waste generators, a revised definition of Bulk Waste Generators, and higher landfill user fees for mixed waste to encourage segregation. Well-intentioned as the new rules are, experts caution against gaps in implementation that have dogged solid waste management in India for decades. Illustrating this are the towering landfills in New Delhi — Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla — symbols of the city’s historical failure to segregate waste at source. Delhi leads all Indian cities, generating approximately 600 grams of waste per person per day. Nearly 64% of the collected waste is processed, according to the Central Pollution Control Bureau (CPCB), while the remaining 36% or. 4,241 tonnes, find its way to unsanitary landfills, or dumpsites everyday. These landfills and dumpsites are silent contributors to air pollution through the year as well as to greenhouse gas emissions and heat stress during the summers. Biomass and waste burning are the second largest contributors to particulate matter emissions in Delhi, contributing 23% to PM10 and 24% to PM2.5, according to one source apportionment study. When biodegradable waste accumulates and is left to rot, it produces methane, which has a warming potential 80 times greater than that of carbon dioxide, over a 20-year-period, and is the second-largest contributor to global warming. According to another study, higher&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/indias-new-waste-management-rules-face-old-implementation-gaps-in-the-capital/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>New report flags sulphur dioxide emissions from Bokaro Steel Plant</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/new-report-flags-sulphur-dioxide-emissions-from-bokaro-steel-plant/</link>
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					<pubDate>04 Mar 2026 16:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steel Industry]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Jharkhand]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Carbon emissions, Coal, Energy, Environment, Health impacts, Industry, and Pollution]]>
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											<description>
							<![CDATA[Decarbonising the steel industry — one of the largest coal consuming industries in India — focuses primarily on reducing carbon dioxide emissions to prevent the greenhouse gas effect. However, industrial processes in steel-making also cause air pollution, releasing sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter, all of which adversely impact public health. A new analysis [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Decarbonising the steel industry — one of the largest coal consuming industries in India — focuses primarily on reducing carbon dioxide emissions to prevent the greenhouse gas effect. However, industrial processes in steel-making also cause air pollution, releasing sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter, all of which adversely impact public health. A new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) tracked air pollution emissions disclosures from the Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) in Jharkhand. It found that even though BSL met existing regulatory limits, pollution from the plant led to around 273 low birthweight births, and 284 preterm births each year. India’s installed crude steel capacity is projected to reach between 260 million and 280 million metric tons by 2035, keeping up pace with growing demand from the automotive, renewables, and defence sectors. It currently accounts for 10-12% of India’s carbon emissions, making it a key sector for decarbonisation on the way to net-zero emissions. The use of blast furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces in additional steel capacity could lock in a carbon-intensive process. Until innovations on how to replace coal in steel-making become viable, investing in better air monitoring and filtration could help reduce the impacts of air pollution caused by the same process, the CREA report suggests. “The emissions by the industry are self-reported or reported by a third party hired by the industry. The reported emissions for compliance are always below the standard, whether it is BSL, Bhillai Steel Plant, IISCO [Indian&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/new-report-flags-sulphur-dioxide-emissions-from-bokaro-steel-plant/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Pollution concentrations soar higher above ground during haze</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/pollution-concentrations-soar-higher-above-ground-during-haze/</link>
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					<pubDate>03 Mar 2026 14:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aerosol chemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air quality modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air quality monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AQI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atmospheric science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundary layer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delhi air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drone monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-rise exposure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[particulate matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PM2.5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution forecasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secondary aerosols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vertical pollution profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter haze]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Innovations and Environment And Health]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Delhi and India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Carbon emissions, Cities and Towns, Coal, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, Pollution, and Technology]]>
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							<![CDATA[On hazy winter mornings in Delhi, the air people breathe at street level may not tell the full story. A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature npj Clean Air reports that PM2.5 concentrations were up to 60% higher at around 100 metres above ground compared to surface levels during severe haze episodes. The findings suggest [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[On hazy winter mornings in Delhi, the air people breathe at street level may not tell the full story. A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature npj Clean Air reports that PM2.5 concentrations were up to 60% higher at around 100 metres above ground compared to surface levels during severe haze episodes. The findings suggest that pollution can accumulate not only near roads and traffic corridors, but also higher up at an altitude where many residents and office workers in high-rise buildings spend much of their time. Using a custom-built drone equipped with low-cost particulate matter sensors, researchers conducted multiple flights over South Delhi in March 2021. On one hazy morning, PM2.5 levels reached around 160 micrograms per cubic metre at 100 metres, compared to roughly 100 micrograms per cubic metre at ground level. Ajit Ahlawat, Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology and lead author of the study said about the finding, “This indicates that ground-based monitoring alone substantially underestimates actual exposure to pollution in the lower urban boundary layer, especially during haze episodes.” Traditional air quality monitors typically measure pollutants around five to ten metres above the ground. “This misses vertical gradients in shallow nocturnal boundary layers that trap pollutants aloft,” Ahlawat said, referring to the different heights in the layer of air close to the ground that forms at night which can go up to 300 metres or higher. He added that hygroscopic particle growth, where particles absorb moisture and grow, and secondary aerosol formation often occur&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/03/pollution-concentrations-soar-higher-above-ground-during-haze/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Old kilns, new blocks, uncertain futures</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/old-kilns-new-blocks-uncertain-futures/</link>
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					<pubDate>26 Feb 2026 11:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Tanvi Bhatia]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brick industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brick kiln]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacutring]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Uttar Pradesh]]>
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							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Coal, Energy, Environmental Economics, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Industry]]>
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							<![CDATA[With expanding cities, rising housing demand, and large-scale infrastructure projects, India is witnessing one of the world&#8217;s fastest construction booms. Under the government&#8217;s urban housing scheme, over a period of 10 years, 11.8 million houses were sanctioned, 11.4 million grounded for construction, and over 8 million completed as of 2024. Meanwhile, under the rural housing [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[With expanding cities, rising housing demand, and large-scale infrastructure projects, India is witnessing one of the world&#8217;s fastest construction booms. Under the government&#8217;s urban housing scheme, over a period of 10 years, 11.8 million houses were sanctioned, 11.4 million grounded for construction, and over 8 million completed as of 2024. Meanwhile, under the rural housing scheme the government plants to construct 20 million houses by 2029. Every year, the country constructs millions of buildings, reflecting both the scale and pace of this growth. The construction sector is a critical contributor to climate change. According to the World Green Building Council, buildings and construction together account for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions, with materials and construction alone contributing 11%. The growing construction demand has increased the demand for bricks and the brick industry is growing. India is the world’s second-largest producer of bricks, after China. Yet, much of the sector is unorganised, widely dispersed, and largely informal. Traditional brick-making methods rely on coal-fired, energy-intensive kilns, resulting in higher emissions from fired clay bricks used in construction. The brick industry is one of the largest (coal) energy users and a source of GHG emissions from India. But it also employs some of the largest workforces in India, after agriculture. Kanpur, an industrial city in Uttar Pradesh, has a well-established brick manufacturing industry. Its peripheral regions host numerous traditional brick kilns that fuel the city’s rapid construction growth. At the same time, several enterprises here are experimenting with low-carbon alternatives such as&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/old-kilns-new-blocks-uncertain-futures/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Policy shifts test Bihar’s ethanol-led industrial revival</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/policy-shifts-test-bihars-ethanol-led-industrial-revival/</link>
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					<pubDate>13 Feb 2026 12:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Umesh Kumar Ray]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Alternative energy, Carbon emissions, Energy, Environmental Politics, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Santosh Kumar has spent more than a decade moving from state to state in search of a livelihood. The last time he migrated from his home in Bihar was more than two years ago, when he went to Delhi. There, he worked as a boiler operator in a factory. “I would earn ₹20,000 a month, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Santosh Kumar has spent more than a decade moving from state to state in search of a livelihood. The last time he migrated from his home in Bihar was more than two years ago, when he went to Delhi. There, he worked as a boiler operator in a factory. “I would earn ₹20,000 a month, but a large part of it was spent on food and lodging,” he said. Two years ago, Kumar learned from a friend that a new ethanol plant was being set up in Nawanagar, about 20 kilometres from his village in Bihar’s Buxar district. “I immediately returned and joined the plant,” said the father of three. Kumar has been working at the Nawanagar ethanol plant since then. However, the situation changed towards the end of last year when India&#8217;s Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) — Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited — reduced ethanol procurement quotas for Bihar. The decision led to a 10-day shutdown of the Nawanagar plant in December 2025, where Kumar is employed as a boiler operator. “I am afraid that if this continues (reduced procurement causing shutdowns), I will have to migrate again to Delhi, Gujarat, or Maharashtra,” Kumar said. Murari Chaudhary, another boiler operator at the same plant, shares similar concerns. “If the situation remains the same, the plant will close, and we will become unemployed,” said Chaudhary, who is from Jharkhand. “There are no other employment options nearby. If I have to work, I will&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/policy-shifts-test-bihars-ethanol-led-industrial-revival/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Air pollution can both fuel and suppress lightning in India, study finds</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/air-pollution-can-both-fuel-and-suppress-lightning-in-india-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>12 Feb 2026 10:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aerosol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erratic weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather patterns]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Environment, Extreme Weather Events, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Lightning is among India’s deadliest natural hazards, accounting for nearly 40% of all natural disaster-related deaths each year, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. While rising temperatures and stronger convection linked to climate change are known to influence lightning activity, a new study points to air pollution as another key factor shaping how lightning [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Lightning is among India’s deadliest natural hazards, accounting for nearly 40% of all natural disaster-related deaths each year, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. While rising temperatures and stronger convection linked to climate change are known to influence lightning activity, a new study points to air pollution as another key factor shaping how lightning forms inside clouds. The study, published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, examines how aerosols, tiny particles suspended in the air from both human and natural sources, modulate lightning activity across different regions of India. According to the authors, air pollution can both enhance and suppress lightning, depending on pollution levels, particle size, and regional meteorological conditions. How pollution influences lightning Subhojit Ghoshal Chowdhury, the lead author of the study, from the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, says the relationship between air pollution and lightning is not linear. “Our study shows that air pollution can both increase and decrease lightning, depending on how polluted the air is and what kind of particles are present,” Chowdhury explains. He notes that when pollution levels increase moderately, lightning activity intensifies. “Tiny pollution particles, or aerosols, act like seeds, creating many small cloud droplets that get lofted high into the atmosphere. There, they freeze into ice crystals and graupel (soft hail), and collisions between these ice particles generate electrical charge; lightning occurs.” However, Chowdhury adds that this process reverses when pollution becomes excessive. “When pollution becomes too high, excess particles disrupt the cloud’s&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/air-pollution-can-both-fuel-and-suppress-lightning-in-india-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Monitoring India&#8217;s clean air programme needs reimagining, suggests analysis</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/01/monitoring-indias-clean-air-programme-needs-reimagining-suggests-analysis/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 Jan 2026 17:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[air quality index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Carbon emissions, Cities and Towns, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Health impacts, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[A new assessment of air pollution trends in highly polluted cities finds that since 2017, levels of particulate pollution have actually been reducing – but it’s unclear how or why. In 2019, India launched the National Clean Air Programme — a flagship scheme aimed at reducing levels of pollution in “non-attainment cities” — those exceeding [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A new assessment of air pollution trends in highly polluted cities finds that since 2017, levels of particulate pollution have actually been reducing – but it’s unclear how or why. In 2019, India launched the National Clean Air Programme — a flagship scheme aimed at reducing levels of pollution in “non-attainment cities” — those exceeding the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) consecutively for five years. Despite five years since the programme was launched, there’s been marginal improvement, with most cities continuing to report high levels of pollution. Failure of the programme to effect meaningful change has been, in part, due to its design. The NCAP set a target for non-attainment cities to reduce PM10 levels by 20-30% by 2024, using 2017 levels as a baseline. In 2022, the scheme was renewed with a revised target of reducing PM10 levels by 40% by 2026. As fresh renewal of the Programme approaches, experts have been calling for an overhaul, including making changes to the pollutants targeted under the programme, incentives provided, and setting up a comprehensive, standardised monitoring framework. An assessment of changes in air pollution levels in NCAP cities by the Health Effects Institute, released on January 13, found reductions in both PM10 and PM2.5 levels at monitoring stations assessed. However, attributing these changes to the NCAP alone is challenging, due to an unclear monitoring system and other interventions that may have played a role. “We’re making huge investments in improving our air quality monitoring systems. But if we do&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/01/monitoring-indias-clean-air-programme-needs-reimagining-suggests-analysis/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Air pollution is the silent enemy of Indian monuments</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/air-pollution-is-the-silent-enemy-of-indian-monuments/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Dec 2025 13:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shilpa Raina]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Simrinsirur]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heritage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[urbanisation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and India's Iconic Landscapes]]>
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							<![CDATA[Delhi]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Carbon emissions, Cities and Towns, Coal, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[The implications of air pollution on health, education and work productivity dominate the headlines every winter, when air quality levels deteriorate to hazardous levels over north India. However, new research reveals that these pollutants are also slowly corroding the symbols of our past and putting our heritage at risk. In a scientific study on the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The implications of air pollution on health, education and work productivity dominate the headlines every winter, when air quality levels deteriorate to hazardous levels over north India. However, new research reveals that these pollutants are also slowly corroding the symbols of our past and putting our heritage at risk. In a scientific study on the Red Fort, scientists have found that chemical interactions between pollutants and the monument’s stone surface are slowly destroying its distinctive red façade and turning it black. It confirms what was already known about how pollution chips away at a monument’s integrity, when it was discovered decades ago that pollution was behind the Taj Mahal’s changing appearance. Despite protections, this “wonder of the world” continues to find itself in the news for foul smells and its marble turning green. The Red Fort has been a lasting political symbol and has served as the backdrop of every Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech since 1947. But political will is failing to save the fort — and hundreds of other monuments in the region — from the ill-effects of air pollution. The Red Fort study is the first to attribute the formation of black crusts on its surface to emissions from cement factories, thermal power plants, and vehicles. “Indian monuments are already losing their settings because of rampant encroachment and unauthorised construction. It&#8217;s sad to see policymakers believe there is a Planet B. Otherwise, there would have been some concrete measures to reduce air pollution,” says Abha Narain Lambah,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/air-pollution-is-the-silent-enemy-of-indian-monuments/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Parliamentary committee makes widespread recommendations to improve air quality</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/parliamentary-committee-makes-widespread-recommendations-to-improve-air-quality/</link>
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					<pubDate>17 Dec 2025 17:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air quality index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AQI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial pollution]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Air Pollution, Carbon emissions, Cities and Towns, Environment, Environmental Politics, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Health impacts, Industry, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Parliamentary Standing Committee tabled a strongly worded report on India’s air pollution management strategy on December 11, noting that “little improvement” had been made in pollution levels despite several programmes and schemes aimed at addressing the issue for more than a decade. The Committee made a host of recommendations, including changes in fuel use, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Parliamentary Standing Committee tabled a strongly worded report on India’s air pollution management strategy on December 11, noting that “little improvement” had been made in pollution levels despite several programmes and schemes aimed at addressing the issue for more than a decade. The Committee made a host of recommendations, including changes in fuel use, public infrastructure, and crop diversification to improve air quality. Air quality management is marred by poor capacity for implementation and siloed approaches to emission sources, Mongabay-India earlier reported. The National Clean Air Programme, the country’s flagship scheme setting targets to reduce pollution levels, only applies at the city level and is geared towards larger particulate pollution from dust (PM10), as opposed to the more toxic, harmful emissions from transport and industry (PM2.5). Air pollution levels over the National Capital Region and adjoining areas worsened in early November and have hovered at poor to severe levels. On December 14, the Air Quality Index crossed 450, prompting several emergency meetings by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) and Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (MoEF&amp;CC). Environment minister Bhupender Yadav directed officers to carry out site inspections to “eliminate pollution sources,” as per a press release. However, the Committee’s report notes that tackling air pollution requires long-term, sustained measures that “can only be met through the unwavering participation and coordinated action of all stakeholders.” Commuters wear masks to protect themselves from air pollution while driving through smog in New Delhi. The National Clean Air Programme is&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/parliamentary-committee-makes-widespread-recommendations-to-improve-air-quality/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Is the world betting too much on carbon removal technologies? [Explainer]</title>
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					<pubDate>16 Dec 2025 12:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Debdutta PaulJuhi Chatterjee]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[carbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon dioxide]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond the Hype and Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Nature-based Climate Solutions]]>
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							<![CDATA[The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) concluded, and, as in years past, frantic negotiations took place over the path to mitigating the effects of climate change. COP30 marked the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement of 2015, in which world leaders set the goal of limiting average global temperature rise to well below 2°C [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) concluded, and, as in years past, frantic negotiations took place over the path to mitigating the effects of climate change. COP30 marked the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement of 2015, in which world leaders set the goal of limiting average global temperature rise to well below 2°C and striving for 1.5°C. The Emissions Gap Report 2025, released before COP30, noted that global emissions will most likely rise above 1.5°C in the next decade, and limiting the rise to 2°C will require rapid reductions. A review of recent IPCC assessments — including the AR6 Working Group III report, which evaluates mitigation strategies, and the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which examines the consequences of exceeding the 1.5°C limit — indicates that pathways to limit warming to 1.5°C now universally depend on the large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR). CDR is now increasingly being featured in climate negotiations, most notably at COP30, where industrial CDR entered the official agenda as part of the strategic objective to accelerate zero and low emission technologies in hard-to-abate sectors. It also gained dedicated spaces for advocacy and coordination. However, it did not enter the final COP30 negotiated text. While CDR is gaining visibility in global climate discussions, such discourses risk reliance on speculative technologies that are unproven at scale and may delay climate action. Deforestation in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. A recent review indicates that pathways to limit global warming to 1.5°C now depend on the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/is-the-world-betting-too-much-on-carbon-removal-technologies-explainer/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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