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Could heat ruin FIFA 2026? Climate change threat to the World Cup

India, June 6 -- Could the 2026 FIFA World Cup be too hot to play? A new analysis warns that 26 of 104 matches could face dangerous heat conditions due to climate change. With host cities already 0.7... Read More


CSE-DTE launch SOE in Figures 2026 on eve of World Environment Day

India, June 4 -- India's environmental indicators paint a deeply worrying picture, according to the latest annual statistical report released by Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environme... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 2, 2026)

India, June 3 -- Stone quarrying near Navi Mumbai cancer hospital Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, in its report to the National Gree... Read More


Record night warming in Delhi worsening heat stress. Here are some policy suggestions

India, June 2 -- Delhi's nights are warming rapidly, with the city recording its hottest night in 14 years at 32.4degC. This signals a sharp decline in post-sunset cooling. A CSE report links this t... Read More


Rethinking conservation: India's striped cats are unevenly distributed

India, June 2 -- This graphic was originally published as part of the cover story Rethinking Conservation in the June 1-15, 2026 print edition of Down To Earth Published by HT Digital Content Service... Read More


Rethinking conservation: Project Tiger may have expanded but funding has not kept pace

India, June 2 -- Over the past five decades, the scale of conservation under Project Tiger has expanded considerably. From nine tiger reserves at its inception, the network grew to 23 reserves by 1997... Read More


Almost 76 per cent of Delhi is persistently heat-stressed in summers, says new CSE report

India, June 2 -- Almost 76 per cent of the national capital is persistently heat-stressed, a condition worsened by the dramatic shrinking of the city's green cover, according to a new report released ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 1, 2026)

India, June 2 -- A joint inspection report found that the Bakriyanwali dump site in Sirsa lacks a proper system for drainage, collection, treatment and disposal of leachate. The report flagged legacy... Read More


The Sunita Narain Show: India's clean energy transition and the new oil shock with rising heat

India, May 30 -- India's energy transition is at a crucial moment. As global oil disruptions reshape energy security, the challenge is no longer whether renewable energy works, but how solar and wind ... Read More


India's Total Fertility Rate is now below replacement level: Centre

India, May 28 -- India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime assuming she lives through her reproductive years (15-49 years), has fallen below... Read More