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This World Environment Day, let’s broaden the conversation

June 05, 2026 6:59 am

The transition to a low-carbon economy could create millions of new jobs across manufacturing, engineering, construction, digital services and energy management sectors

Why climate awareness isn’t becoming action for Gen Z

May 08, 2026 11:50 pm

A generation that can cite the IPCC's sixth assessment report but cannot name its ward councillor has not yet begun to fight. That, more than the doomscrolling and the despair, is the real measure of where India's climate politics stands

Fine-tune the Paris Pact framework, underline equity

March 28, 2026 6:23 am

Without credible commitments on climate finance by developed countries, calls for greater ambition from the Global South will ring hollow.

On climate change, India has a good story to tell

March 28, 2026 6:27 am

It is the climate evangelists of the West who have repeatedly retreated from their solemn commitments and tried to shift the burden of climate change action on to the developing world. It is they who must be put in the dock for the peril the world faces

Reduction in transport emissions needs safer cyclists, not just EVs: Study by IIT, University of Chicago

January 21, 2026 1:57 pm

Published in Nature Cities on Tuesday, the study titled 'The status and politics of bicycling in the cities of low- and middle-income countries' pointed out that transport contributes nearly 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in major Indian cities.

MC to organise land earmarking ceremony for compressed biogas plant at Dadumajra today

January 19, 2026 10:25 am

The ceremony will be held in the presence of UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, marking a major milestone in the transformation of the Dadumajra dumping site into an environmentally sustainable facility.

Govt notifies first legally binding emission cut targets for 4 sectors

October 11, 2025 2:50 am

The Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Target Rules have been notified for 282 cement, aluminium, paper and pulp and chlor-alkali units.

Top 10 countries that waste the most food: India discards 3 times more food than US; see its rank

September 30, 2025 6:50 pm

Top 10 countries that waste the most food in 2025: According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), more than $1 trillion’s worth of food is thrown away every year, while around 783 million people struggle with hunger.

First time, India’s CO2 emissions from power sector dip in Jan-June

September 18, 2025 4:34 pm

This is the first time that emissions from any sector in India over half-a-year period have dropped, outside of the Covid years. The relatively milder summer temperatures and good monsoon rainfall were an important contributory factor.

Chandigarh: Joint teams of CPCC, traffic police, transport department to begin vehicle emission checks

September 06, 2025 10:49 pm

To tighten enforcement, the AQMC also called for strict implementation of the firecracker ban during festivals and rigorous compliance with the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Policy, 2022

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