Mongabay series: Environomy

In the 1920s, a British economist, Arthur Pigou, highlighted the social benefits of making industries pay for the costs of the pollution they caused. In time, this concept was taken…

An emblem of the British mining history, canary birds were used to indicate when dangerous gases were collected in a mine, signalling danger for humans. While this use of the…

This summer it will be thirty years since the Rio Earth Summit. Unlike the earlier decadal anniversaries, this year the United Nations is not celebrating an event to mark the…

As many as 10 invasive alien species (IAS), out of 330 that are known to be invasive in India, have cost the economy $127.3 billion (Rs. 8.3 trillion) in the…

The revision of the formula to calculate how India assesses the value of its forests was long pending. In January 2022, an expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court of…

India is a country under construction. Over 250 million people are estimated to be added to the country’s urban population over the next two decades. This translates into a massive…

Over the past eight months the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have released reports as part of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The…

Tree planting or forest restoration has now become one of the important routes to achieve net zero targets by 2070 as committed by India at the climate conference COP26 conducted…

India’s energy transition is underway, but is India’s banking sector ready to address related challenges and tackle the financial impacts of climate change? A new report says major Indian banks…

Around a month ago, the managing director of Tata Steel, India’s leading private steel manufacturer, said that there was not enough scrap and gas available to produce cleaner steel in…

India needs at least twice the amount of its current investment in clean energy, to meet its targets by 2030. Considering this, a parliamentary committee has recommended tools to facilitate…

Given the challenges associated with accessing finance for climate action, India is issuing a new category of financial instruments. This year, the budget has made a proposal for issuing sovereign…

On the face of it, the Union Budget for 2022-23 presented by India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, may seem an environment-friendly one. For the first time in…

On November 13 last year, engineer-turned-education reformer and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk, posted on the social media platform Twitter, with an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save the upcoming…

At least 123 coal mines have been closed in India since 2008 but there is “very little evidence of environment remediation and land rehabilitation in these areas” says a latest…

After two weeks of closed-door bargaining, the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow came to an end on Saturday, reaching an agreement called the Glasgow Climate Pact that the organisers…

Glasgow exploded in a riot of colourful posters, enthusiastic singing and sloganeering as tens of thousands of protestors marched peacefully on Friday and Saturday, urging politicians, business leaders and negotiators…

Global carbon dioxide emissions have resumed their relentless rise after a brief lull due to the disruption caused by COVID-19 in 2020, according to the 16th annual report prepared for…

India is planning to seek the assistance of nearly one billion U.S. dollars (about Rs. 75 billion or Rs. 7,500 crores) from the World Bank to develop a comprehensive framework…

As India powers ahead to meet its clean energy goals, it is facing a shortage of funding − trillions of rupees that are needed for the growth of the renewable…