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Shepherd leading his flock in Desert National Park, Rajasthan. The Economic Survey highlights that adaptation, along with other crucial areas, remains underfunded. Image by T. R. Shankar Raman via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Understanding the economics of India’s climate action [Book Review]

Kundan Pandey 30 Jan 2026
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

Historical climate data helps predict renewable energy “drought” events

Nandhini Somasundaram 5 Sep 2025
Workers install solar panels in Gujarat. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The price of going green is higher for the Global South

Kundan Pandey 14 Aug 2025
A flock of migratory brown-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) in Mannar with windmills in background. Image courtesy of Lahiru Walpita.

Adani withdraws from controversial wind power project

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Feb 2025
A spinning mill in Tamil Nadu. Spinning mills that manufacture yarn/thread for weaving the fabric, constitute one of the most power-intensive stages in textile manufacturing. Photo by Gowthami Subramaniam.

Harnessing clean energy for Tamil Nadu’s spinning mills is not as easy as it seems

Gowthami Subramaniam 16 Nov 2023

First tender for offshore wind energy expected end of this year, but sector wants more time to study sites

Simrin Sirur 12 Sep 2023
The first wind power project was planned to be developed at the site in the Bidda village of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo arranged by Tauseef Ahmed.

A wind project has been waiting to power up for a decade in Jammu and Kashmir

Tauseef Ahmad 12 Jul 2023

[Interview] Money invested in the solar sector skewed towards China and OECD countries: ISA chief Ajay Mathur

Kundan Pandey 16 Jun 2023

After little success in past, India revisits plan to repower its ageing wind turbines

Manish Kumar 28 Oct 2022
Transmission lines near a windfarm in Tamil Nadu. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Upgrading the backbone of India’s power sector

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 6 Sep 2022
A wind turbine in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district.

Lagging wind energy needs attention, says standing committee report

Kundan Pandey 22 Aug 2022
A destructed belt of mangrove plants in the erosion prone coast of Pentha in the Kendrapara district of Odisha. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Climate change could impact India’s renewable energy potential over the next 50 years

Manish Kumar 19 Aug 2022

Amid challenges, India announces new climate goals with updated NDCs

Manish Kumar 12 Aug 2022

A new study from Karnataka evidences the impact of windfarms on biodiversity

Sneha Mahale 18 Jul 2022
A private wind farm in Radhapuram, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Narayana Swamy Subbraman/Mongabay.

Repowering Tamil Nadu’s aging wind farms to meet clean energy targets

Priyanka Shankar 13 May 2022

Conserving biodiversity as wind farms expand in Tamil Nadu

Priyanka Shankar 29 Apr 2022

The wind farm paradox in southern Tamil Nadu

Priyanka Shankar 15 Apr 2022

Potential offshore wind project in the Gulf of Mannar leaves fishers anxious

Priyanka Shankar 23 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Renewable energy, limited land

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 11 Mar 2022