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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...

Green documentary fund launched

23 Jun 2026

One of India’s largest environmental film funds — a $126,000 initiative that will provide grants to three documentary projects — has been launched by the All Living Things Environmental...

Climate change-hit glaciers affect potable water

16 Jun 2026

New research shows glaciers are also active chemical systems and climate warming may be altering not just how much water they release, but also its quality, says a Mongabay-India...

Green steel production could prove cheaper for India

09 Jun 2026

Green-hydrogen-based steel can become cheaper than new blast-furnace steel in India by 2030, driven by globally competitive green hydrogen costs and inflation-proof renewable energy contracts. This is according to...

Fuelled by solar, India’s power capacity to double

02 Jun 2026

India’s power capacity to double to 1121 GW by 2035-36 led by a huge transition to solar energy, according to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA)’s midterm review of the...

Bridging India’s informal waste collectors and the legal system

26 May 2026

Some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social enterprises in India are bridging the gap between legal recognition under the country’s formal e-waste rules and informal waste collectors, according to report...

Illegal wildlife trade threatens Himalayan ecosystem

19 May 2026

Rising illegal wildlife trade across Himalayan countries is threatening the mountain ecosystem, a Mongabay-India (MI) report highlights. The MI report cited a study titled ‘Ghost economy: The forbidden trade...

Joining hands to conserve and protect the big cats

12 May 2026

India is all set to host the First International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit 2026 in June. Indian Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Mr Bhupender Yadav...

Need for powerful and impactive climate storytelling

05 May 2026

Stories about the impact of climate change can be told from across the world, yet despite greater awareness, global emissions keep rising, as the World Economic Forum (WEF) website...

Meena Janardhan

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

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