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India needs early investments in climate resilience

21 Oct 2025

A new study warns that a single major disaster could result in damages worth $11 billion for India, but proactive investments in resilience can reduce these losses more than...

India weighs climate-linked insurance scheme

14 Oct 2025

Initiating talks with local insurers, the Indian government is considering designing a nationwide climate-linked insurance programme aimed at simplifying the payout process after extreme weather events such as heatwaves...

Kerala approves state-wide environmental, social, and governance policy

07 Oct 2025

The Indian state of Kerala recently announced a state-wide environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policy, making it the first Indian state to formally embed ESG principles into its investment...

Indian forest health wilting despite greening effort

01 Oct 2025

While India is experiencing significant greening and contributing to global terrestrial carbon sequestration, its forest health is steadily declining due to reduced photosynthetic efficiency. Highlighting this paradox, an Indian...

El Nino likely increasing rainfall in India

24 Sep 2025

El Niño and La Niña are climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean that can affect weather worldwide, as described on the US National Oceanic and atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website....

Green finance for sustainable and collaborative growth

17 Sep 2025

Calling green finance the backbone of resilient and competitive economies, Indian Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr Bhupender Yadav, highlighted that green finance as the cornerstone...

Urban India needs climate-conscious strategies

09 Sep 2025

A recent study states that India has a huge opportunity to ensure urban infrastructure is built using climate-conscious strategies. Part of the Centre for Nature and Climate of the...

Sustainable lifestyles and wise wetlands use

02 Sep 2025

India recently introduced a Resolution on ‘Promoting Sustainable Lifestyles for the Wise Use of Wetlands’ at the Ramsar 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) that was held at Victoria Falls,...

Youth step up for climate action

26 Aug 2025

Last week, around 45 young people across the Indian state of Maharashtra came together to affirm their pledge to address the climate crisis, voicing their determination to shape sustainable...

Global dataset reveals Indian deforestation drivers

19 Aug 2025

A new global dataset developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI), Google Deep Mind and The Sustainability Consortium determines the reasons for forest loss at one-kilometre spatial resolution, as...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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