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In a first, UN's Loss and Damage Fund sets aside $21.6 million for Nepal for Bhote Koshi disaster

India, Oct. 23 -- For the first time since it was operationalised at COP 28, the United Nations' (UN) Loss and Damage Fund has provisionally approved $20 million plus $1.6 million in oversight fees fo... Read More


joshi: 30% of India's cropland technically fit for agrivoltaics

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- An estimated 47.5 million hectares, or approximately 30%, of India's 160 million hectares of cropland should be technically suitable for agrivoltaics-where solar panels are insta... Read More


At current pace, global warming could reach 2.8degC this century: UNEP

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duratio... Read More


joshi: 30% of India's cropland technically fit for agrivoltaics

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- An estimated 47.5 million hectares, or approximately 30%, of India's 160 million hectares of cropland should be technically suitable for agrivoltaics-where solar panels are insta... Read More


At current pace, global warming could reach 2.8degC this century: UNEP

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duratio... Read More


joshi: 30% of India's cropland technically fit for agrivoltaics

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- An estimated 47.5 million hectares, or approximately 30%, of India's 160 million hectares of cropland should be technically suitable for agrivoltaics-where solar panels are insta... Read More


If current policies continue, warming could reach 2.8degC within this century: UN report

India, Oct. 21 -- With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duration of... Read More


Solar rooftop installations in West Bengal rise by nearly 7 times via central scheme

India, Oct. 21 -- Rooftop solar installations across west Bengal, as part of the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojna solar rooftop scheme, have shot up by nearly seven times since May 2026, coinciding wit... Read More


Govt working on central scheme on agrivoltaics

India, Oct. 20 -- The central government will come up with a scheme to incentivise states to adopt agrivoltaics, solar panels installed on top of existing farms, to push the country's installed solar ... Read More


India's Red List assessment of 1,211 birds underway; initial review of 100 birds complete

India, Oct. 20 -- The government has begun the process to carry out a national Red List Assessment of 1,211 bird species across the country according to the International Union for Conservation of Nat... Read More