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Youth at COP30 protest against fossil fuels, for a global just transition to clean energy and climate action. Image © UN Climate Change - Zô Guimarães.

India’s federal climate action model could offer a blueprint for the Global South

Soumya Sarkar 19 Nov 2025

A radical new proposal to raise funds for climate damages

Simrin Sirur 18 Nov 2025
The People’s Summit brought together more than 1,100 civil society organisations and highlighted themes such as food sovereignty, environmental justice and just transition. Image by André Ferreira/Mighty Earth.

Belém’s streets turn red, black and green as people march for climate justice

Manish Chandra Mishra 18 Nov 2025
Civil societies campaign for climate finance goals at COP30. Image © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Brazil climate summit confronts gap between finance goals and reality

Soumya Sarkar 18 Nov 2025
On November 16, activists attend the People's Summit Audience at the Federal University of Pará at COP30. Image by Alex Ferro/COP30.

Urgency grows at midpoint of Belém climate summit as intent still outpaces action

Soumya Sarkar 17 Nov 2025
Opening of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in the Brazilian Amazon. (Photo: © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth)

As global emissions start to drop, UN warns acceleration on climate action needed

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2025
Participants attend a session on information integrity at COP30. Image © UN Climate Change - Zô Guimarães via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Tackling climate disinformation is on the COP30 agenda

Aditi Tandon 13 Nov 2025
Industries near Mumbai. Representative image by Sumaira Abdulali via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India tops global rise in emissions, finds UNEP

Manish Chandra Mishra 11 Nov 2025
An Indigenous man takes part in a demonstration for the conservation of the Amazon rainforest at COP30 on November 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amazon calls the world to account at 30th UN climate summit in Belém

Soumya Sarkar 10 Nov 2025
Edible insects being caught for consumption in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Insect decline signals a deep ecological imbalance [Commentary]

Irina Das Sarkar, Madhu Verma 10 Nov 2025

COP30 will start the phase of implementation, says Brazil’s ambassador to India [Interview]

Kundan Pandey 10 Nov 2025
Representative image of a male chimpanzee at a national park. Image © Giles Laurent, gileslaurent.com via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Global biodiversity assessment counters Supreme Court’s clean chit to Vantara

Simrin Sirur 5 Nov 2025

ISRO-NASA radar to offer a closer look at Earth’s changing landscapes

Max Martin 5 Nov 2025
An Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Warmer temperatures play a key role in this by creating optimal conditions for the mosquito vectors which thrive between 25°C and 30°C. Image by James Gathany/CDC via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Warming temperature and humidity expand dengue’s reach

Nabeela Khan 3 Nov 2025
Water being pumped out of a flooded road in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Representative image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

New UNEP report flags that adaptation ambitions don’t have the climate finance to support them

Manish Chandra Mishra 31 Oct 2025
Workers assemble a car at an electric vehicle plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)

China challenges India’s domestic manufacturing incentives, alleging unfair trade practices

Kundan Pandey 29 Oct 2025

Global seabird records guide us where to look next

Kartik Chandramouli 16 Oct 2025

Primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91 [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Oct 2025
Plastic waste collected behind an industrial area near Mumbai. Plastic production contributes about 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Image by Ravleen Kaur.

Communities near petrochemical plants pay the price for plastic convenience

Ravleen Kaur 19 Sep 2025

Rethinking conservation finance with basic income for nature [Commentary]

Munib Khanyari 10 Sep 2025