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...

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.

On July 29, 2025, the world celebrates International Tiger Day to spotlight the urgent need for tiger conservation. With only around 4,000 wild tigers left, this year’s theme emphasizes empowering indigenous peoples and local communities. Discover the threats tigers face, India’s success story, global initiatives like Tx2, and powerful facts about one of the planet’s most iconic and endangered species.

The Great Indian Bustard, once widespread across India, now faces severe population decline due to habitat loss and risks from overhead power lines. This article explores a Supreme Court-appointed committee’s recommendations for designated power corridors, expanding conservation zones, and using advanced breeding methods to protect this iconic bird in Rajasthan and Gujarat.

India has rolled back its 2015 mandate on Flue-Gas Desulfurisation (FGD) for coal plants, exempting 78% of them. This detailed report explores the reasons behind the decision, expert reactions, economic trade-offs, and what this means for SO₂ emissions, public health, and India’s environmental future.

On July 19, 2025, China launched the world's most ambitious hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) near Arunachal Pradesh. With five cascade dams and a USD 167.8B budget, this mega-dam raises critical ecological, strategic, and diplomatic concerns for India and Bangladesh.

India is leading the world in clean energy, climate resilience, and conservation through initiatives like the Global Biofuel Alliance, CDRI, ISA, IBCA, and more. PM Modi’s recent Namibia visit highlights growing global partnerships.

Kabul is facing a severe water crisis, with experts warning it could become the first major city to run dry by 2030. Decades of war, poor planning, rapid urbanization, and climate change have pushed Afghanistan’s capital to the brink. This in-depth article explores the causes, impacts, and possible solutions to the looming crisis.

Dire wolves brought back to life using ancient DNA? What is a dire wolf? How are dire wolves different from more common wolves? Who are...

In recent years, cloudbursts and flash floods in India  have become alarmingly frequent, especially in the fragile ecosystems of...

The 2025 Bonn Climate Talks, held from June 16 to 26 during the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62), opened on a tense note. The...

In the intricate weave of India’s biodiversity and cultural heritage, the story of the ghumot —a traditional membranophone  (a type of...