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Shipping containers at the Port of Tokyo. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a framework that will require ships to pay for carbon emissions starting in 2028. Image by Syced via Wikimedia Commons (CC-Zero).

Shipping industry sets sail towards carbon accountability

Kundan Pandey 21 Apr 2025
A wild dog sunbathing in Kanha National Park. Image by Abhiraj1996 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What is heat stress? How does it affect animal hormones? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 18 Apr 2025

Ignoring biodiversity could put businesses at risk [Commentary]

Sumit Arora 7 Apr 2025
A doctor in a hospital in West Bengal assesses the X-ray of a tuberculosis patient. Image by ILO Asia-Pacific via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Increasing pointers to climate change indirectly impacting tuberculosis rise

T. V. Padma 17 Mar 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
captive civets seized

Thousands of live animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2025
amreli flood 2015 climate

[Commentary] Climate lessons from the societies past

C.P. Rajendran 11 Feb 2025

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

Kartik Chandramouli 5 Feb 2025
book store climate fiction

How hope and fear in climate fiction impact climate action intentions

Aisiri Amin 29 Jan 2025
The blacktip reef shark is a regular catch of coastal fisheries, such as those operating off Thailand and India, but is not targeted or considered commercially important. Photo by Memurubu/Wikimedia Commons.

New study finds world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras at risk of extinction

Spoorthy Raman 27 Jan 2025

1 in 4 freshwater species around the globe at risk of extinction

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jan 2025

[Explainer] How did India phase out ozone-depleting substances and what lies ahead?

Kundan Pandey 17 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

Traditional foods return with demand for local, seasonal produce

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Dec 2024

[Explainer] Why is the International Court of Justice deliberating global climate action?

Simrin Sirur 19 Dec 2024

The methane puzzle of ambition and action unfolds at COP29

Kundan Pandey 13 Dec 2024
Activists protest at the COP29 venue, urging developed countries to acknowledge their role in the climate crisis. Image courtesy of COP29 Azerbaijan Presidency via flickr.

COP29 debate highlights rising tensions over unilateral trade measures in climate policy

Kundan Pandey 6 Dec 2024
Parties at the closing plenary of COP29 in Baku, where rules for the future carbon market were finalised. Image courtesy of COP29 Azerbaijan Presidency via flickr

COP29 seals Article 6 deal for carbon trading, but environmental concerns persist

Kundan Pandey 4 Dec 2024

How a smoked fish tradition sustains an ethnic group in Bhutan

Choki Wangmo 2 Dec 2024

Unlocking the secrets of the grooving gibbons

Carolyn Cowan 26 Nov 2024