The Global Methane Status Report 2025 shows that global methane emissions have risen since 2020. Under current legislation, methane emissions are projected to be about 5% higher in 2030 compared to ...

India’s climate action model empowers states to adapt national frameworks to local conditions, creating laboratories of experimentation where states like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Odisha have seen ...

The aspirational climate finance target of $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 falls short of needs, with developing countries requiring $2.4 trillion by 2030, rising to $3.2 trillion by 2035, a new report ...

On August 5, Dharali, a village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, was hit by a flash flood in the Himalayan stream Kheer Gad, leaving at least 68 people missing and one dead. Rapid construction over the ...

The activism around Kerala’s Silent Valley was a grassroots movement to protect the pristine forests from being submerged by a proposed hydroelectric dam, highlighting the conflict between ...

A new graphic novel, ‘Food & Farming’, explores multiple issues in India’s food and agriculture systems and how they affect various stakeholders. In this interview, the authors of the book talk about ...

The Indian government has developed plans for a series of infrastructure and tourism projects in the biodiversity-rich and eco-sensitive Great Nicobar island. The Great Nicobar Betrayal is a ...

Municipal solid waste from India contributed to 10% of waste leakage to the world’s rivers in 2020, according to a new study. In future scenarios where population growth is high, but urbanisation slow ...

In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations that continued until the early 2000s. On occasions working ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...

Cricket has deep roots in Kashmir. The region’s rich history of bat manufacturing, dating back to the 19th century, contributes significantly to the local economy and culture. The Kashmiri cricket bat ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution aims to protect tribal populations and their interests through autonomous governance. It is ...