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China is set to unveil its 15th Five-Year Plan - what's in it for climate?

India, March 11 -- China's draft 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) outlines a major push for clean technologies while maintaining a role for coal to ensure energy security. The plan raises the share of... Read More


Gas shortage due to West Asia crisis threatens food security of migrant workers, business of street vendors

India, March 11 -- India's Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026, as the government's first formal response to the Gulf energy disruption, established an allocation framework to ration gas suppl... Read More


For the first time in five years, Himachal Pradesh records severe heatwave in the first week of March

India, March 11 -- Himachal Pradesh has recorded a severe heatwave in early March 2026, marking the earliest occurrence in five years. This shift in timing, arriving 74 days earlier than in 2024, sug... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 10, 2026)

India, March 11 -- PWD Meghalaya clears Myntdu river of construction waste, adds erosion safeguards. UPPCB halts Ghazipur sewage discharge into pond, plans filtration chamber. UP Irrigation initiate... Read More


How climate change is redrawing Tanzania's disease map

India, March 10 -- Climate change is reshaping Tanzania's disease landscape. Erratic weather patterns are leading to increased respiratory infections, dengue fever, cholera and malaria. Flooding exa... Read More


February 2026 fifth warmest on record globally: Copernicus

India, March 10 -- The month of February 2026 was the fifth warmest on record globally, with Western Europe witnessing extreme rainfall and widespread flooding. The Arctic recorded the third-lowest se... Read More


As told to Parliament (March 9, 2026): No minor or medium irrigation project pending with Centre for environmental clearance

India, March 10 -- Government says no minor or medium irrigation project is pending with the environment ministry for clearance. Most urban local bodies have filed plastic waste compliance reports, b... Read More


Drought drives water prices up 2,000 per cent across parts of Somalia, says Oxfam

India, March 10 -- The failure of seasonal rains across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia is pushing millions of people toward a deepening food and water emergency, according to Oxfam, a global organisation... Read More


Summer has not arrived yet, but water level has dropped below 50% in southern India's reservoirs

India, March 10 -- At least 70 per cent of India has received less than normal or no rainfall since the beginning of this year. This is making the situation very bad on the water storage front. Accor... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

India, March 10 -- Dolphin conservation in Uttar Pradesh Dolphin surveys have been conducted in Uttar Pradesh across approximately 3,450 km of the Ganga and its tributaries including Yamuna, Chambal,... Read More