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Air pollution causing 16 times more deaths each year than COVID-19: Sanjeev Bagai at AAD 2026

India, Feb. 26 -- Air pollution is truly a public health emergency in India and especially its national capital. Breathing polluted air is causing 16 times more deaths annually nationwide than deaths ... Read More


Monitoring is an Achilles' heel in country's air pollution fight: CSE's State of India's Environment report

India, Feb. 26 -- Monitoring is the proverbial 'Achilles' heel' in India's fight against air pollution, with the monitoring network for air pollution not having kept pace with either the scale or comp... Read More


In memoriam: R Nallakannu, the comrade who stood guard over Tamil Nadu's rivers

India, Feb. 26 -- R Nallakannu's politics began with rivers. Long before environmentalism became a language of policy or climate summits, he understood something simple and elemental. When a river is ... Read More


SOE 2026: India is warming fast. Will it lead to a climate apocalypse?

India, Feb. 26 -- The Indian landmass was warmer on average by nearly 0.9degC during the previous decade (2015 to 2024) compared to the early 20th century (1901 to 1930). Warming has been uneven, with... Read More


India's EV transition draws $25.6bn, but financing gaps threaten 2030 mobility goals: IEEFA Report

India, Feb. 26 -- India's electric vehicle (EV) transition is entering a capital-intensive scale-up phase, but financing structures and infrastructure gaps could determine whether the country meets it... Read More


Invasive species are disrupting ecology in India: Jagdish Krishnaswamy at AAD 2026

India, Feb. 26 -- Most climate models have not been able to adequately capture the picture of ecological imbalance visible across India. Long-term changes in vegetation cover indicate that in regions ... Read More


What led to extreme rain that deluged the Western Mediterranean this past month? Climate change, says WWA

India, Feb. 26 -- An unprecedented nine named storms brought torrents of rainfall along with swift winds to the western Mediterranean region, especially Spain, Portugal and Morocco between January 16 ... Read More


AAD 2026: In conversation with Qamar Qureshi on protecting India's biodiversity

India, Feb. 26 -- India is home to some of the world's richest biodiversity - but it is also witnessing a sharp rise in human-wildlife conflict. As conservation efforts expand and habitats shrink, how... Read More


SOE 2026: Why the residents of India's national and state capitals have shortened life spans

India, Feb. 26 -- The average life expectancy of an Indian is estimated to have shortened by 3 years and 6 months due to air pollution in 2023. The National Capital Territory of Delhi faces the worst ... Read More


SOE 2026: Capital loss

India, Feb. 26 -- The average life expectancy of an Indian is estimated to have shortened by 3 years and 6 months due to air pollution in 2023. The National Capital Territory of Delhi faces the worst ... Read More