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UN climate summit starts in Azerbaijan under shadow of impending Trump presidency

Soumya Sarkar 11 Nov 2024

Most climate adaptation projects are unsustainable or not up to the mark, says new UN report

Simrin Sirur 11 Nov 2024

Battling infectious, zoonotic diseases despite leading health indicators

Saritha S. Balan 8 Nov 2024

Conserving India’s biodiversity will cost Rs. 816 billion per year, says new plan

Simrin Sirur 6 Nov 2024
Demonstration in Bonn at the start of a previous COP. In November, world leaders will gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, to negotiate future climate action. Image by Spielvogel via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

Climate finance to take centre stage at upcoming climate COP

Kundan Pandey 31 Oct 2024

Dissonance over DSI dominates biodiversity COP

T. V. Padma 30 Oct 2024

[Commentary] The current global warming is geologically unprecedented

C.P. Rajendran 25 Oct 2024

India’s disappearing wetlands are an early warning sign of drastic biodiversity loss

Simrin Sirur 18 Oct 2024
wild elephants kerala

Climate change, habitat loss drive elephants to look for newer pastures 

Laasya Shekhar 14 Oct 2024
At a football match in Ladakh's Climate Cup 2024. Image by Phachuks.

A football tournament kicks off conversations about sports and climate

Priyanka Shankar, Saumitra Shinde 14 Oct 2024

When people’s participation propels science

Arathi Menon 10 Oct 2024

Sonam Wangchuk and climate marchers stopped, detained, and then released by Delhi Police

Simrin Sirur 4 Oct 2024
Flooded school campus. Image by Ananya Chetia.

When books sink underwater in Assam

Ananya Chetia 4 Oct 2024
Cacao beans drying at Grandpa's Farm, Karnataka Image by Naveenakrishna Shastry.

Indian farmers choose cocoa amid global shortage

Rashi Goel 1 Oct 2024
School kids are playing in the playground. India introduced its new National Education Policy in 2020, but the climate vulnerability of the education sector is missing from this policy as well. Image by Shailesh Shrivastava

Your Environment This Week: Schools feel the heat, Forest loss in hotspots, Polluted Dal lake

Team Mongabay India 27 Sep 2024
The Hummingbird School campus of Assam during the 2017 floods. Image by special arrangement.

Schools feel the heat as closures increase with extreme weather events

Shailesh Shrivastava 27 Sep 2024
An electric scooter manufacturing unit in India. With rapid growth, urbanisation, and environmental challenges such as air and water pollution, India’s green technology market is attracting major international interest. Image by Gnoeee via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Amid the global green goods boom, India is yet to jump on the bandwagon

Kundan Pandey 20 Sep 2024

Addressing climate vulnerabilities in a conference of panchayats

Aishwarya Mohanty 17 Sep 2024

[Explainer] What is micro irrigation?

Vandana K. 10 Sep 2024
A skyline of Kolkata. City-level climate planning is gaining momentum across India, with Kolkata among the cities planning to create a Climate Action Plan. Image by Subhrajyoti07 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Indian cities witness a growing momentum for climate action

Kundan Pandey 6 Sep 2024