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Workers install solar panels on the rooftop of a home in Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

India’s new climate targets must navigate geopolitical uncertainty [Commentary]

Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Pallavi Das 20 Oct 2026
A coal mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Representative image by Vikash Singh via Pexels.

India’s coking coal push needs a methane plan [Commentary]

Purva Jain, Saumya Nautiyal 29 Sep 2026
Labourers carry firewood, as smoke rises from a bricks factory on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

BRICS declaration calls for climate action while recognising fossil fuel role

Kundan Pandey 15 Sep 2026

Krishna AchutaRao, climate scientist who pioneered attribution research in India, dies at 62 [Obituary]

Simrin Sirur 10 Sep 2026
A farmer sets fire to crop residue on the out skirts of Jalandhar, Punjab. (AP Photo)

Crop-residue burning, a major contributor to black carbon pollution: Study

Nikhil Sreekandan 3 Sep 2026
A woman waters saplings planted as part of a government tree planting campaign in Uttar Pradesh, against the backdrop of thermal power plants. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Audit exposes fundamental flaws in Green India Mission’s execution

Simrin Sirur 24 Aug 2026

The carbon market bets on an invasive tree

Yash Sadhak Shrivastava 12 Aug 2026
Construction labourers at work in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Image by Yajna S.R. via Pexels.

India’s carbon market sets weak emissions targets, analysis finds

Simrin Sirur 31 Jul 2026

Bihar’s green budget expands, but environmental indicators show little progress

Umesh Kumar Ray 31 Jul 2026
A security personal watches as a worker seals the lid of a tanker filled with ethanol at a factory, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Supporting infrastructure is the missing link in India’s ethanol push

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Jul 2026
A farmer shields herself and her child from the sun while working on a field. Image by Votso Sothu via Pexels.

Heat plans must account for age and gender, says UN Women paper

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 21 Jul 2026
Tso Moriri lake during the summer, when the lake thaws and vegetation grows. Image by Raghavan37 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

In high altitude soils, microbes may be limiting the warming they trigger

Lekha Bandopadhyay 10 Jul 2026
Labourers work in an iron and steel factory on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

Trade liberalisation meets carbon tariffs as India eyes EU market [Commentary]

Soutrik Goswami, Isha Sharma 30 Jun 2026
A labourer prepares steel furniture at a factory. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Financing the green shift remains a hurdle for steel MSMEs

Rohini Krishnamurthy 24 Jun 2026
Workers install a solar panel on the rooftop of a residence in Gurugram, Haryana. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Rethinking India’s climate plan through equity, delivery and intent [Commentary]

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Mohana Manimaran 23 Jun 2026
A truck transporting goods in Uttar Pradesh. Representative image by Shantum Singh via Pexels.

New scheme incentivises trucks, buses for meeting emissions standards

Simrin Sirur 8 Jun 2026

Study reveals how air pollution disrupts foetal growth

Simrin Sirur 5 Jun 2026
A woman prepares a meal using coal. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Coal for cooking during LPG crisis raises questions over health risks

Umesh Kumar Ray 22 May 2026
A ragpicker collects plastic to recycle from a garbage dump in Siliguri, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Tamal Roy)

When recycling plastic creates more problems than it solves

Ravleen Kaur 16 Apr 2026
A high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance at COP29. Image by Mike Muzurakis via IISD/ENB.

India withdraws bid to host UN climate conference in 2028

Kundan Pandey 13 Apr 2026