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Bonn Climate Conference 2026: Global electrification target of 35% by 2035 announced

India, June 10 -- The Presidency of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) on June 9, 2026 announced a new global target to raise the s... Read More


At Bonn Climate Conference 2026, India draws a line on new climate obligations as fossil fuel politics intensify

India, June 10 -- India has told the Bonn SB64 climate talks that no "new issues and obligations beyond agreed mandates" should be added to the UN climate negotiations. The statement comes as civil s... Read More


Kashmir's melting glaciers are feeding lakes that villagers know well - but have not been warned about

India, June 10 -- A University of Kashmir study has identified five glacial lakes in the Kashmir Himalaya as highly susceptible to glacial lake outburst floods. Gangabal and Nundkol lakes in Ganderba... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 8, 2026)

India, June 10 -- The National Green Tribunal reviewed multiple environmental issues, including arsenic contamination in India's food chain, flood-level demarcation at Chhatri Talav in Maharashtra, an... Read More


Bonn Climate Conference 2026: Geopolitics may overshadow climate priorities in COP31 agenda

India, June 9 -- As negotiators gather at the Bonn Climate Conference (SB64) between June 8 and 18, 2026, to lay the groundwork for COP31, diplomats, climate experts and policymakers in India warn tha... Read More


Solar meets 75% of new electricity demand as gas loses ground for fifth year, finds report

India, June 9 -- Natural gas's share in the global electricity mix fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, reaching 21.8%, according to Ember. Solar generation rose by 636TWh in 2025, 17 times m... Read More


New rule requires fish survival test for caustic soda industry wastewater

India, June 9 -- New environmental standards require caustic soda plants using membrane cell technology to pass a fish-survival test for wastewater toxicity. The rules say at least 90% of fish must s... Read More


100 days of US-Israel war against Iran: Asia bears brunt of energy crisis, accelerates clean energy push

India, June 9 -- Over 100 days into the US-Israel war against Iran, Asia has emerged as the region most exposed to the global energy shock unleashed by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with countr... Read More


Sunita Narain Show: The new environmentalism for our human survival

India, June 9 -- June 5th is World Environment Day. It's a moment to take stock; to review, revise and reinvent the agenda. The question is why we still struggling with fixing the environment. This i... Read More


Highly Hazardous Pesticide crisis: Why Himachal Pradesh needs safer agricultural future

India, June 9 -- Himachal Pradesh's intensive apple and off-season vegetable cultivation has led to growing reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides. Farmers in horticultural belts such as Shimla and ... Read More