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A market in Mysuru, Karnataka. Several Indian cities are introducing amnesty schemes to encourage property owners to clear pending taxes. Image by Kundan Pandey for Mongabay.

Property tax revenue could help cities adapt to a hotter world

Kundan Pandey 28 Mar 2025
Sorghum crops being grown in Chinawal village, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. Image by Abhijeet via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The hidden side of millet farming

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 26 Mar 2025

What are earth observation satellites? How do they support environmental research? [Explainer]

Anusha Krishnan 24 Mar 2025
An aerial view of Rameshwaram island at the tip of Tamil Nadu, beyond which lies the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere. Image by Tracy Hunter via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Reef islands in need of restoration

Simrin Sirur 14 Mar 2025
A high altitude lake at Bum La pass in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Saptaparnipal.32 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Glaciers in Eastern Himalayas see marked retreat

Simrin Sirur 11 Mar 2025
teesta III hydro electric dam

Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

Simrin Sirur 11 Mar 2025
Infopark in Kochi representative image urban climate resilience

A path to climate resilience through city-level research and planning

Divya Kilikar 4 Mar 2025
Traditional fishers on small craft prefer to finish work early before the sun gets too harsh. A crew lands their fibreglass boat at Thumba village on the city's fringes. Image by Max Martin.

Kerala’s early heat surge signals climate shift

Max Martin 25 Feb 2025
Saplings of Semialta

The Semialata plant is a game changer for lac farming in Jharkhand amid climate and migration challenges

Vineeta Parmar 24 Feb 2025
Campylobacter jejuni food-borne pathogens

Food-borne bugs and their links with climate change come into focus

T. V. Padma 24 Feb 2025
An indigenous Santhal woman engaged in daily work in West Bengal. While climate finance prioritises mitigation, adaptation—crucial for vulnerable communities—remains underfunded. Image by Soumyabrata Roy via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

What is climate finance? [Explainer]

Kundan Pandey 21 Feb 2025
Agriculture is one of six sectors the Government of India is working on for its climate finance taxonomy, says the 2025 budget document. Image by Digvijaysjanoti via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Taxonomy for climate finance remains the missing link in India’s green transition

Kundan Pandey 14 Feb 2025

Pune’s Zika and GBS outbreaks call for better use of surveillance, data

Disha Shetty 13 Feb 2025
City life in Jaipur. As of December 2024, around 41 cities have developed or are drafting City Climate Action Plans, as per a government statement. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0).

Fixing the gaps in city climate plans with a national framework

Kundan Pandey 11 Feb 2025
amreli flood 2015 climate

[Commentary] Climate lessons from the societies past

C.P. Rajendran 11 Feb 2025
Nagaland activist Seno Tsuhah

[Interview] How a Nagaland activist is reviving traditional practices to combat climate change

Angana Chakrabarti 10 Feb 2025
teesta III Sikkim

Political stir follows expert panel’s approval to rebuild Teesta dam in Sikkim

Simrin Sirur 6 Feb 2025

[Interview] Climate scientist Steven Hamburg on measuring, rather than estimating, methane from space

Kartik Chandramouli 5 Feb 2025
Western Ghats wayanad landslides

Caught between exploitation and extremes, Western Ghats’ future hinges on local action

Max Martin 29 Jan 2025
book store climate fiction

How hope and fear in climate fiction impact climate action intentions

Aisiri Amin 29 Jan 2025