Environment
Tamil Nadu official Supriya Sahu among UNEP 2025 C...
December 10, 2025
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced its 2025 Champions of the Earth, recognising five outstanding leaders driving bold action on climate change. In a press statement, UNEP says that these trailblazers focus on critical areas including climate justice, sustainable ...
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COP30: Bitter betrayal in Belém
November 24, 2025
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, one of the strongest advocates for environment and the developing world, and the Head of State of the host country of COP30 Climate Change meeting, had branded climate change conference in Belém as the ‘COP of Truth and Implem...
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COP30: Flood of climate finance needed, not a tric...
November 16, 2025
Amazon is the largest river in the world by discharge volume of water. That generous water volume is poured into Atlantic Ocean where the city of Belem is situated. And that is the site of the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Ch...
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Global North violating Paris Agreement commitments...
November 12, 2025
At the ongoing global climate summit, COP30, that is under progress at Belem in Brazil, Climate Action Network, a coalition of climate action organisations from around the world, has released a report highlighting the failure by Global North countries in cutting down fossil fuel ...
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World needs a rare ‘Earth-Deal’, not another â...
November 3, 2025
If you ever needed proof that humanity is not suffering from a climate-crisis but from a leadership-crisis to deal with climate change, look no further than Busan in South Korea. Just 15 days before global climate negotiations in COP30, the global climate change summit as the wor...
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Manipulated data, ponds of drinking water: BJP’s...
November 2, 2025
As has been the norm over the past many years, in the days following Diwali this year, too, Delhi reclaimed the dubious title of the city or at least the capital with the worst air pollution in the world, a status that it ‘earns’ every year after a boisterous, smoke-filled Di...
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The price of progress: AI’s growing strain on en...
October 28, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become the defining technology of our age. From conversational assistants and autonomous systems to generative models that create lifelike videos and music, AI now powers an astonishing range of human activity. Yet, behind this impressive ...
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As Delhi chokes again post-Diwali, residents seek ...
October 23, 2025
In the early hours after Diwali, Delhi woke up to a grey‑blue haze thick enough to dim headlights and sting the eyes on October 20. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) hovered in the severe category, between 470 and 520 across several neighbourhoods, according to the Central P...
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1 million tonnes of critical raw materials dumped ...
October 14, 2025
Europe can go a long way in meeting its rising demand for critical raw materials, including rare earth metals, by better recycling and design. These are the findings of a study released today. According to the report, released by WEEE Forum, a Brussels-based non-for-profit associ...
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Sealed files, open questions: SC’s Vantara verdi...
September 24, 2025
Vantara, the self-styled wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre run by the Reliance Foundation at Jamnagar in Gujarat, has recently found itself at the centre of an international controversy. Known as one of the most ambitious private conservation projects in India, the facili...
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