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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 vendor selling helmets rests at a bus stand on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India’s banks are sitting on a heat risk they have barely begun to price [Commentary]

Namita Vikas 29 Jun 2026
A carbon garden at Delhi University. Image by Dinabandhu Sahoo.

A carbon garden reimagines urban greenery

Shweta Thakur Nanda 26 Jun 2026
A forest fire rages during the summer in Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh in 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, file)

Rising temperatures, not just human activity, drives Himalayan forest fires

Simrin Sirur 25 Jun 2026
A farmer inspects his destroyed crop of sugarcane following drought in Marathwada region, Maharashtra, in 2016. Representative image. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Centre identifies over 300 vulnerable districts amid El Niño, weak monsoon fears

Kundan Pandey 25 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
A herd of Mishmi takin in Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by T.R. Shankar Raman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

The goat-antelope of the high Himalayas

Team Mongabay-India 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

The changing gourd behind Indian classical music

Mahima Jain, Megha Acharya 20 Jun 2026

Forest clearance for dam puts white-bellied herons at risk

Simrin Sirur 19 Jun 2026
A rural woman operates an electrical control box that powers irrigation pumps for agricultural fields. Image by Vraj Acharya, WELL Labs via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bonn talks signal a new energy transition narrative, even as old divides persist

Kundan Pandey 19 Jun 2026
A pair of chinkaras at the Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra. Image by Dr Caesar Photgraph via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

The chinkara’s future may be less secure than its conservation status suggests

Manjeera Gowravaram 18 Jun 2026
Municipal workers rescue fish from a dried lake at Ratanpura in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, during a drought in 2016. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

El Niño forecast increases likelihood of weak monsoon and water stress

Phalguni Ranjan 18 Jun 2026

The world’s largest fish

Team Mongabay-India 17 Jun 2026
Machine operators work on cell printing for solar panels in Mundra, Gujarat, at a manufacturing unit where solar energy components are made from scratch. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Efficiency mandates can build India’s clean tech sovereignty [Commentary]

Ajay Mathur 15 Jun 2026
A farmer cleans maize seeds near a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam. Representative image. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Valuing the diversity that feeds us [Commentary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 Jun 2026
A jungle cat crosses a road cutting through dry grassland. Expanding road networks are an increasing threat, leading to vehicle collisions in fragmented habitats. Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Not jungles, jungle cats need open landscapes, says study

Manjeera Gowravaram 11 Jun 2026
An adult olive ridley turtle. Image by Jonathan Reynaga via Pexels.

A long-distance ocean traveller

Team Mongabay-India 10 Jun 2026
Labourers plant saplings as part of an tree plantation project. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Rethinking forest restoration beyond tree cover [Commentary]

Dhanapal Govindarajulu, Johan Oldekop 8 Jun 2026

Study reveals how air pollution disrupts foetal growth

Simrin Sirur 5 Jun 2026