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How NHAI's highway widening spells doom for environment & safety in Kerala

New Delhi, June 5 -- High on a hillock on the outskirts of Thaliparamba Municipality in northern Kerala, Puliparambil Sreedharan's land property and home are still technically outside the area earmark... Read More


Beyond the thermometer: Bengaluru's race to modernise ignored climate - now its residents are paying the price

New Delhi, June 5 -- "It is scorching hot. If I get tired or feel unwell, I cannot rest anywhere, as there is no place for us to take a break," said Nagalakshmi, a sanitation worker with the Bruhat Be... Read More


Development finance in a post-aid world: The case for country platforms

New Delhi, June 5 -- With the Trump administration slashing US Agency for International Development budgets and European nations shifting overseas development aid budgets to bolster defence spending, ... Read More


World Environment Day 2025: Controlling plastic pollution is a challenge, but ending it globally is quite possible

New Delhi, June 5 -- The first monsoon rains have begun in South Goa. Vasudev is sitting on his old, trusty chair in his coconut-leaf thatched hut, where he and his ancestors have woven and mended num... Read More


One green sea turtle can contain the equivalent of 10 ping pong balls in plastic

New Delhi, June 5 -- Thousands to millions of tonnes of plastic enter the ocean annually, but where they end up is poorly understood. Scientists have been working to assemble the pieces of the puzzle... Read More


From sovereignty to sustainability: A brief history of ocean governance

New Delhi, June 5 -- The United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) will open in Nice, France, on June 9, 2025. It is the third conference of its kind, following events in New York in 2017 and Lisbon in... Read More


World Environment Day 2025: Climate education should be at the heart of every school curriculum

New Delhi, June 5 -- Earlier this year, Child Rights and You (CRY) conducted an online quiz with school students across Mumbai to better understand how children perceive climate change-what they know,... Read More


India's fashion paradox: As the industry booms, it is being buried under heap of its own waste

New Delhi, June 5 -- India's textile and clothing industry is massive when it comes to job creation, employing around 45 million people. It contributes 2.3 per cent to the country's GDP and accounts f... Read More


How India moves: In Ahmedabad, every second person owns a vehicle

New Delhi, June 4 -- In a previous instalment of this series, we reported how residents displaced from the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat had been resettled in areas like Odhav - some 15 k... Read More


State of India's Environment in Figures 2025 warns of worsening climate, health and development indicators

New Delhi, June 4 -- As the world prepares to observe Environment Day on June 5, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has sounded a sobering alarm: India is facing a mounting crisis on multipl... Read More