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Miners trapped as a rat-hole coal mine floods

Nabarun Guha 20 Jan 2025

When heat rises, incomes fall for the informal workforce

T. V. Padma 3 Jan 2025
One of two locomotives ordered by the Indian Iron & Steel Company in 1923. India's high carbon emissions and export reliance on the EU for steel and iron leave it highly exposed to CBAM's impact. Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums via flickr.

Indian steel exports could take a beating as EU fences its carbon borders

Kundan Pandey 26 Dec 2024

Editor’s Review 2024: The year when greenbacks failed green talks

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 18 Dec 2024

Green credit scheme rolls out with oil and coal leading the way

Simrin Sirur 17 Dec 2024

How flood protection structures heighten flood vulnerability

Simrin Sirur 29 Nov 2024

Loss and damage funding languishes as costs of climate disasters multiply

Soumya Sarkar 22 Nov 2024

Delivering a trillion dollars in climate finance is doable, experts say

Simrin Sirur 22 Nov 2024

[Commentary] Conserving old ways in a new world

Arathi Menon 2 Oct 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

[Book review] Chronicle of an ‘ecocide’ foretold

T R Shankar Raman 19 Aug 2024
Labourers spraying pesticides in soyabean crop in the field of Mukesh Meena, a farmer from Bhandely village in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district. Image courtesy of Mukesh Meena.

High costs, mixed results challenge nano urea use in farming

Kundan Pandey 13 Aug 2024

[Commentary] Moving towards post-growth economics

C.P. Rajendran 30 Jul 2024
Delhi Meerut Expressway, connecting Delhi with Meerut via Dasna in Ghaziabad, India. The RBI draft framework outlines guidelines for lenders providing project finance in infrastructure, non-infrastructure, and commercial real estate sectors. Image by Banswalhemant via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

[Commentary] Why RBI’s financial governance should address social and environmental concerns

Amitanshu Verma 24 Jul 2024

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

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2024

Lives of thousands of families hang in the balance as the water level of Sardar Sarovar dam is altered

Rahul Singh 9 Jul 2024

India experiments with parametric insurance to mitigate costs of disasters

Simrin Sirur 20 Jun 2024
Red-headed vulture eating prey. Photo by Timothy A Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Measuring the scavenging value of vultures

Simrin Sirur 25 Apr 2024
A shopping mall in India

Study highlights difference in environmental footprints between economic strata in India

Manu Moudgil 24 Apr 2024

Pricey guests: Urban invasive species cost the world billions every year

T. V. Padma 8 Apr 2024