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Watershed management a crucial solution

02 Sep 2026

At a recent Water Conclave in New Delhi, India, experts emphasised that watershed development remains one of the most effective and scalable solutions as India’s water security challenge is...

BRICS to address environmental concerns

26 Aug 2026

India hosted the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi recently and called for stronger, people-centric and implementation-orientated environmental action. The discussions were held under the overarching theme...

Heatwaves, lightning recognised natural disasters in India

19 Aug 2026

Indian Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, told the Parliament earlier this month that heatwaves and lightning have officially been recognised as natural...

Rooftop solar installations soar in India

12 Aug 2026

Indian Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi has said that India’s flagship residential solar programme has crossed a major milestone, with the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli...

Climate, land-use change to worsen landslide risk

05 Aug 2026

The Kalladi landslide in Wayanad on July 7, 2026, in the state of Kerala, India, brought back the nightmares of the 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala catastrophe, which claimed 298 lives. The...

Rising climate tech funding in India

28 Jul 2026

India’s climate-tech companies have attracted approximately $12.8B and 1583 funded companies, with annual funding rising from about $315M in 2020 to $2.6B in 2025, as per the Tracxn India...

Call for innovations that improve thermal comfort and cooling access

21 Jul 2026

The World Resources Institute (WRI) India and partners had recently launched the ‘Keep Cool Innovation Challenge’, a nationwide call for affordable, scalable, and people‑centred solutions for the country’s most...

Climate-smart city strategies needed, not just more trees

14 Jul 2026

Simply increasing tree cover does not always make cities cooler. In humid urban areas, dense tree canopies can even raise the Heat Index by trapping moisture. This is according...

Unravelling carbon credit trading opportunities

07 Jul 2026

India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) could become an important source of domestic revenue and direct it toward the country’s clean energy transition as it faces a central financing...

Elephant conservation safeguards forests as carbon sinks

30 Jun 2026

The conservation of the endangered Asiatic elephant indirectly helps safeguard India’s forests as powerful carbon stores, according to a new study. Protecting the elephants serves a dual purpose, the...

Meena Janardhan

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

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