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An artisan weaves a hand-tufted carpet in Bhadohi. Image by Aslam Mahboob.

U.S. tariffs set to threaten India’s traditional craft revival

Shweta Thakur Nanda 26 Sep 2025
A thermal power station in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Image by Jay.Jarosz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Blended finance can help power India’s climate future [Commentary]

Suresh Seshadri 28 May 2025
An aerial view of villages in Bihar affected by floods in August 2008. Swain says that developing countries are most affected by climate change, but a lack of resource allocation towards climate adaptation persists, with militarisation being prioritised. Image by Press Information Bureau, Government of India.

Including military in climate action incentivises cooperation over conflict, says water expert [Interview]

Simrin Sirur 14 May 2025

[Interview] On using comics to unpack agricultural concepts

Arti Das 29 Aug 2024

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

Environomy: Playing With The Pillars

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 23 Feb 2024

Environomy: The Middle Class Unbottled

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 9 Feb 2024

[Commentary] Paddy, politics and environmentalism in Kerala

M. Manjula, Vipindas P. and Girigan Gopi 4 Dec 2023

Editor’s review 2022: A warmer Arabian Sea, energy transition and a search for economic value

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 24 Dec 2022

Mizoram youth protest against the national highways widening project

Nabarun Guha 17 Nov 2022

[Commentary] Kolkata’s climate action plan needs to be more gender-sensitive

Manoranjan Ghosh 4 Nov 2022
Fishing on the Teesta River in Bangladesh

Experts call for more effective water sharing agreements between India and Bangladesh

Abu Siddique 27 Sep 2022
A protest by environmentalists in Colombo.

Environmental policy failures contributed to Sri Lanka’s people power revolution

Malaka Rodrigo 27 Jul 2022
Illegal logging in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis will hit country’s environment and conservation hard, experts warn

Malaka Rodrigo 16 May 2022
Mining machinery at a Goa mine brought to a halt by Supreme Court of India’s February 2018 judgment. Photo by Meera Mohanty/Mongabay.

Mining on the shifty sands of Goan politics

Meera Mohanty 20 Jan 2022

As the Brahmaputra swells, erosion-affected families await revised policy

Amarjyoti Borah 20 Nov 2019

Mountain of waste in Aravallis casts a shadow in villages nearby

Hridayesh Joshi 18 Oct 2019

[Commentary] Five unconventional issues to be addressed while developing the new CBD strategic plan

Balakrishna Pisupati 8 Oct 2019

Despite controversies on tribal issues, BJP wins in tribal constituencies

Mayank Aggarwal 31 May 2019

Schoolchildren in Assam produce their agenda for the national elections

Sahana Ghosh 15 Mar 2019