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Mountain peaks in Pin Valley National Park, which is part of the recently recognised Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh. Image by Timothy Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Biosphere reserves are pockets of hope for a changing planet [Commentary]

Benno Böer, Neha Midha, Srishti Kumar 2 Jan 2026
Vivek Menon birding in Seinthuk town (now known as Shergaon) in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Madhumay.

Vivek Menon becomes the first Asian chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 18 Dec 2025

India announces a unified climate finance mechanism to implement its climate action strategy

Manish Chandra Mishra 25 Nov 2025
Indian delegates at the closing plenary on November 22. Image © UN Climate Change – Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Soaring expectations met with sinking outcomes at climate summit

Soumya Sarkar 24 Nov 2025

India sharpens equity and finance demands as COP30 draft text raises new concerns

Manish Chandra Mishra 21 Nov 2025
Speakers at the high-level event on building cooperation for scaling climate finance. Image © UN Climate Change - Diego Herculano via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats

Soumya Sarkar 21 Nov 2025

India falls in climate performance rankings

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 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
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

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

Kundan Pandey 10 Nov 2025
Wind mills.

Is the UN carbon neutral? No, finds an investigation.

Jacob Goldberg, Leopold Salzenstein, Sarah Brown, Shaz Syed 19 Sep 2023

Climate action not on track to meet Paris Agreement goals, says Global Stocktake report

Simrin Sirur 13 Sep 2023

The world agrees on treaty to end plastic pollution

Charles Pekow 21 Mar 2022

India’s climate mitigation potential in forests overestimated, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Feb 2022

Women and feminist groups demand gender equality and inclusion of diverse voices at COP26

Priyanka Shankar 16 Nov 2021

[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces

Suchismita Mukhopadhyay, Saurav Chowdhury 30 Jul 2021

[Commentary] CBD: Can the cure kill?

Balakrishna Pisupati 17 Jul 2018

[Interview] Land degradation is affecting two-fifths of humanity

Padmaparna Ghosh 11 Apr 2018

Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganga among the top 10 plastic waste carrying rivers

Vrushal Pendharkar 12 Jan 2018