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India’s first water body census released

23 May 2023

The Indian Union Ministry of Jal Shakti (India’s water ministry) has released the report of India’s first water bodies census, a comprehensive data base of ponds, tanks, lakes, and reservoirs...

India faces high costs to adapt to climate change

16 May 2023

India’s Central Bank has said that will spend an estimated 85.6 trillion rupees ($1.05 trillion) by 2030 to adapt its various industries to be compliant with climate change norms, according...

Indian Reserve Bank guidelines for green deposits

09 May 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently released a framework for green deposits, which are investments meant to be used towards environmentally sustainable projects. This aims to shape the...

Pollution, tropical cyclones affect rains in India

02 May 2023

Pollution and the rise in tropical cyclones over the West Pacific could be a cause for the decline in rainfall and Indian monsoons over the past decades. These are the...

Heatwaves could hinder sustainable development

25 Apr 2023

Climate change-induced heatwaves in India can hinder or reverse the country’s progress in fulfilling the sustainable development goals (SDGs) due to the unprecedented burdens on public health, agriculture, and other...

Arctic weather spells influenced India’s rains

12 Apr 2023

A climate reconstruction study published in the ‘Global and Planetary Change’ finds that warm and cold climatic spells in the Arctic, over the past 1000 years, imprinted on India’s monsoon...

Heatwave action plans in India found lacking

04 Apr 2023

India has recorded its highest ever maximum temperature in February 2023. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement recently that the country is likely to experience heat waves...

Climate impact of livestock and wild herbivores

28 Mar 2023

An Indian Institute of Science (IISc) study finds that livestock and wild herbivores differ in impacts on soil carbon and ultimately the climate, as reported by Mongabay-India. As the...

Renewable energy generation obligations crucial

21 Mar 2023

A recent resolution by the Indian Ministry of Power (MoP) has introduced a new concept of ‘Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO)’ for power producers. Any upcoming coal or lignite-based commercial...

Accelerated electricity transition stressed

14 Mar 2023

A study published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), an international think-tank, states that Indian renewable energy-rich states are not utilising their full energy potential, as...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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