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Global climate finance tops $2 trillion for first time, but growth slows as investment gap widens

India, June 29 -- Global climate finance crossed the $2 trillion mark for the first time in 2024, reaching a record $2.008 trillion, according to the latest Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2026 re... Read More


EV freight transition gains urgency as 16,900 trucks entering Delhi daily generate 23% of transport emissions

India, June 29 -- Nearly 16,900 heavy-duty trucks entering Delhi daily generate 23% of the city's transport emissions This rises to 61% at night, underscoring the urgency of electrifying freight. A ... Read More


Development is hard power, clean energy is security: Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 sounds the alarm on a fractured world

India, June 29 -- Fossil fuel subsidies, which had been on a downward trend globally, are on track to reach US$1.1 trillion in 2026 - US$410 billion more than in 2025 - since the West Asia conflict an... Read More


Centre unveils VB-GRAMG planning framework with focus on water, roads and climate resilience

India, June 29 -- The Centre has released the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan framework for implementing VB-GRAMG, the new rural jobs and livelihoods mission. The framework prioritises water security, rur... Read More


Is Bundelkhand again heading towards drought?

India, June 29 -- These images show buffaloes cooling off in one of the last remaining pools on the Yamuna riverbed near Mahoba in the Bundelkhand region of north-central India. Bundelkhand is notori... Read More


Maharashtra's clean industry plan runs into funding and policy gaps in Kolhapur foundries

India, June 29 -- Maharashtra's energy efficiency plan aims to help Kolhapur's foundry cluster cut energy use and emissions by 2031. Foundry owners say poor awareness, limited access to subsidised fi... Read More


Arunachal flash floods trigger high alert in Assam

India, June 28 -- Yazali in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Subansiri district experienced catastrophic flash floods and landslides triggered by an intense, cloudburst-like downpour. In just 24 hours, Yazal... Read More


Hamburg Sustainability Conference: India climbs to its highest-ever rank in the 2026 UN SDG Index, but hunger remains a major challenge

India, June 28 -- India has secured its highest-ever position in the global UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index, climbing to 94th among 167 countries in the 2026 edition of the index. With an... Read More


Beyond green symbolism: Environmental security must be a national priority

India, June 27 -- Every era inherits a defining national challenge. For independent India's early decades, it was food security. Later came industrialisation, poverty reduction and economic reform. To... Read More


David Attenborough, the man who brought the wild home

India, June 27 -- This month we commemorate the hundredth birthday of Sir David Attenborough. We are not merely celebrating a broadcaster, a writer, or a natural historian, but celebrating the way of ... Read More