From pyrolysis and gasification to government policies and pollution risks, here's how plastic-to-fuel technology works, its benefits, limitations and potential role in India's waste management system. India faces a growing plastic waste management challenge. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) figure cited in recent reporting, the country generates approximately 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day, equivalent to about 9.5 million tonnes annually. Alt

Madhya Pradesh is preparing to fell nearly 1.47 lakh infected sal trees in Dindori to control a major heartwood borer outbreak. Villagers have already collected over 19 lakh beetles at ₹2 each. Here's why the pest is dangerous and how forest officials are responding.

A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin hatchling has been found on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The turtle has a developmental condition called bicephaly. Here's how it occurs, why it is unusual and what scientists hope to learn.

The FAO's State of the World's Forests 2026 report highlights the urgent need for forest restoration, with over 460 million hectares of forests degraded worldwide. India ranks second globally in forest restoration while FRA 2025 places the country ninth in total forest area.

The Living Planet Report 2026 reveals a 73% average decline in monitored vertebrate wildlife populations between 1970 and 2022. Freshwater ecosystems have suffered the greatest losses, but WWF also highlights successful conservation efforts involving tigers, turtles, tuna and elephants. Here's what the findings mean for global biodiversity and India.

The UN's Pre-COP31 Climate Summit is underway in Fiji and Tuvalu, where Pacific leaders are pushing for stronger climate action before world leaders meet at COP31 in Türkiye.

Food waste contributes around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions through methane released from landfills. Here's why reducing food waste is one of the fastest and most effective climate solutions.

From Delhi’s Sahibi to Mumbai’s Mithi and Chennai’s Cooum, many of India’s smaller rivers have been narrowed, polluted or transformed into sewage-carrying drains. A new draft Small River Rejuvenation Framework under the National Mission for Clean Ganga proposes a different solution — restore rivers as living ecosystems rather than treating them merely as channels of water. India's river-cleaning story has traditionally been dominated by its giants — the Ganga, Yamuna and othe

A new United Nations University report warns that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence could consume 945 terawatt-hours of electricity annually by 2030, generate 399 million tonnes of carbon emissions, strain global water supplies, increase e-waste, and deepen environmental inequalities across the world. Why the Environmental Impact of Artificial Intelligence Is Becoming a Global Concern Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly emerged as one of the defining technologi

Why El Niño 2026 is a Major Concern for India’s Monsoon, Heatwaves and Economy In 1877, a major climate anomaly led to one of the deadliest humanitarian crises in history. In the Madras Presidency, famine and extreme heat caused nearly 2 crore deaths. The crisis was not confined to India—China recorded 2–3 crore deaths, Brazil around 200,000, and large parts of Africa were similarly affected. The trigger was not war or disease, but a disruption in the Pacific Ocean, now recog

From the Aravalli mountain system to the mangrove ecosystems along India’s coasts , the country finds itself at the same moral crossroads that Amitav Ghosh evokes in The Hungry Tide — where nature remembers what law chooses to forget, and where ecological consequences return with relentless force. If environmental justice continues to be diluted in the name of development, the Constitution of India risks becoming a silent witness to ecological destruction . This silence is

India recorded 322 days of extreme weather in 2024, with floods, landslides, and heatwaves causing over 3,400 deaths. As climate change accelerates, technologies like Remote Sensing, GIS, and AI are becoming vital tools for real-time monitoring, risk reduction, and climate resilience. As climate change intensifies, India finds itself increasingly vulnerable to erratic and extreme precipitation events , leading to devastating floods, landslides, cloudbursts, and heatwaves. In

A ₹92,000 crore Greenfield project by NITI Aayog, the Great Nicobar Island Project aims to boost India’s strategic and economic presence in the Indo-Pacific — but faces criticism for its ecological, tribal, and environmental impact. Where is Great Nicobar Island and why is it important? Great Nicobar Island (GNI) is the southernmost island of India, part of the Nicobar group in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory. It lies close to the Malacca Strait, one of the bu

Why Did UNESCO Include the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Its World Network, and What Makes This Himalayan Region Globally Significant? Biosphere Reserves in India UNESCO has included the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in India as part of 26 new sites added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) . Key Highlights India now has 13 Biosphere Reserves in the UNESCO WNBR. Globally, WNBR now includes 785 biosphere reserve sites . São Tomé and Príncipe became the fir

Bihar adds Gokul Jalashay and Udaipur Jheel as Ramsar sites raising its total to five and India’s to 93 covering 1,360,719 hectares....

India–Japan MoC on JCM, NDA for carbon markets, and push on Article 9.1 climate finance mark India’s Paris Agreement playbook ahead of COP30.

India’s first Living Lab in Kerala’s Kanichar panchayat is pioneering disaster preparedness with automatic weather stations, AI-based landslide early warning, and community-driven resilience measures.

With carbon costs becoming real and mandatory under India’s new carbon trading system, real estate players must rethink sustainability—not as a choice, but as a financial imperative. Learn how emissions now influence investment, leasing, and asset value in a rapidly transforming market.

Global plastic treaty talks in Geneva collapsed without a deal, as countries remain split over reducing plastic production or focusing on recycling. The failure delays progress on the world’s first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, sparking frustration among environmental advocates and small island nations.

Tuvalu, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, has initiated the first planned migration of an entire nation through a historic agreement with Australia. As rising seas threaten to erase its territory, Tuvaluans are now relocating under a world-first climate visa program.