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A farmer at work. India needs a hybrid approach that combines top-down policy direction with bottom-up feedback mechanisms. Image via Public Domain.

Reimagining agricultural governance in the climate change era [Commentary]

Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Nikitha Ashok 26 Jan 2026
A woman looks at a coal plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

The climate finance numbers did not add up in 2025

Kundan Pandey 29 Dec 2025
An exhibit depicts saline intrusion into homes along Kochi’s backwaters. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Art as a tool to enable resilience against tidal flooding

K.A. Shaji 10 Dec 2025
Farmers display their pearl millet crop. Representative image by ICRISAT via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Diversifying beyond rice to cut losses and improve alternative cereal yields

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 1 Dec 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 team at Delícias Quilombolas, a family-run food stall that drew some of the longest queues in the COP30 Blue Zone in Belém. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra.

Local Brazilian producers shape the menu at COP30

Manish Chandra Mishra 19 Nov 2025
Youth at COP30 protest against fossil fuels, for a global just transition to clean energy and climate action. Image © UN Climate Change - Zô Guimarães.

India’s federal climate action model could offer a blueprint for the Global South

Soumya Sarkar 19 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

India is well positioned to advance biobased climate tech, says Sara Trærup [Interview]

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Oct 2025
A road in Mon district, Nagaland, following rain and landslides. Image by Nayantara Siruguri.

First payout under extreme-weather insurance triggers relief and intrigue

Simrin Sirur 20 Jun 2025
Wind turbines in Gujarat. Without a clear understanding of what constitutes climate adaptation, measuring its impact is a challenge. Image by Vinayaraj via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Research into climate adaptation in India is woefully inadequate, says review

Simrin Sirur 23 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
A deserted and inundated metro station in Kochi during the 2018 Kerala floods. Image by Dil Shad Roshan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Limited climate finance shifts focus on startups and local innovation

Navya P.K. 9 May 2025

Ignoring biodiversity could put businesses at risk [Commentary]

Sumit Arora 7 Apr 2025
Agriculture is one of six sectors the Government of India is working on for its climate finance taxonomy, says the 2025 budget document. Image by Digvijaysjanoti via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Taxonomy for climate finance remains the missing link in India’s green transition

Kundan Pandey 14 Feb 2025
City life in Jaipur. As of December 2024, around 41 cities have developed or are drafting City Climate Action Plans, as per a government statement. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0).

Fixing the gaps in city climate plans with a national framework

Kundan Pandey 11 Feb 2025
book store climate fiction

How hope and fear in climate fiction impact climate action intentions

Aisiri Amin 29 Jan 2025