The International Maritime Organization has approved a framework requiring ships to pay for carbon emissions, starting 2028. The framework sets emission reduction targets benchmarked against 2008 ...

Tiny fabric scraps, escape waste management systems and often end up in landfills, where they take decades to decompose and release harmful greenhouse gases. Indian fashion designers are now gathering ...

On a cold February morning, the residents of Parong village in Arunachal Pradesh climbed up a hillslope and gathered in the village’s large community hall. An air of caution filled the room – the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Rising global temperatures could result in more frequent and intense heat waves which in turn could adversely affect humans and animals due to ...

Rajasthan is one of India’s top users of groundwater for irrigation, mainly because of water-intensive crops like wheat, even though there have been efforts to switch to drought-resistant ones. Higher ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On March 30, the Kerala Urban Policy Commission submitted the state’s first-ever comprehensive urban policy, focusing on urban planning, climate ...

The Telangana government moots an eco-park in place of the University of Hyderabad, in response to growing protests against the auctioning of the Kancha Gachibowli Forest. As Hyderabad’s urban sprawl ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indian cities face rising heat risks due to rapid urbanisation, loss of green cover, and unplanned development. Urban heat disproportionately ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indian grey wolves play a crucial role as apex predators in India’s ecosystems, yet their survival is increasingly at risk due to habitat loss and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. B.T. Venkatesh, a senior advocate and executive at the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, who is representing the fishers in court, ...

In coffee agroforests that use a diversity of native tree species for shade, seeds that are normally cleared by farmers can be collected instead, new research proposes. The numbers of restoration and ...

Farmers in Andhra Pradesh shifted from monocropping to crop diversification, with micro-irrigation reducing water use. Despite this, cash crops dominate due to market pressures and flawed government ...