Environment

Make polluters pay for record heatwave in Europe, says 350.org 

Make polluters pay for record heatwave in Europe, ...

June 26, 2026

As Europe experiences an unprecedented June heatwave, climate advocacy group climate campaign group, 350.org has called on governments to impose permanent windfall taxes on fossil fuel companies to help cover the mounting health costs caused by climate change-induced extreme heat...

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Europe caught in vicious circle of record heatwaves

Europe caught in vicious circle of record heatwave...

June 26, 2026

There is an unmistakable irony in this moment. The continent that gave the world the Industrial Revolution, modern refrigeration and much of the advanced technological architecture of the 20th century, is now struggling to find a technology that will help it break the vicious cir...

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Greenpeace urges FIFA World Cup fans to support Congo Basin conservation

Greenpeace urges FIFA World Cup fans to support Co...

June 18, 2026

As the national football team of the Democratic Republic of Congo returns to the FIFA World Cup after 52 years, Greenpeace Africa has called on football supporters to use the occasion to raise awareness about the protection of wildlife and forests in the Congo Basin. In a press s...

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Cockroaches not pests, primordial for biodiversity 

Cockroaches not pests, primordial for biodiversity...

June 9, 2026

But away from all this political drama about cockroaches, just 10 days after the comments by CJI, on May 25, a research team comprising scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) released the genetic bar-code library of cockroaches to uncover hidden native diversity. A ...

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Communities force temporary halt to Glencore coal operations in Colombia

Communities force temporary halt to Glencore coal ...

June 3, 2026

Operations at El Cerrejón, one of the world’s largest open-pit coal mines, located in Colombia, have been temporarily halted after Afro-Colombian and Wayuu Indigenous communities blocked coal railway lines demanding accountability from mining company Glencore, says climate adv...

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Indian coasts face fast-moving climate crisis, warns Azim Premji University

Indian coasts face fast-moving climate crisis, war...

May 29, 2026

As part of its ‘Indian Coastal Region: Climate Projections 2021-2040’ report, Azim Premji University in Bengaluru, has warned that India’s coastal regions are entering an imminent climate crisis over the next two decades, with rapidly narrowing adaptation windows driven by ...

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India ranks 172 of 180 nations in Nature Conservation Index 2025

India ranks 172 of 180 nations in Nature Conservat...

May 23, 2026

Amid rising climate risks and accelerating biodiversity loss worldwide, BioDB, a non-profit focussed on biodiversity data, in collaboration with the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, has released the N...

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Water crisis could hit India’s credit rating, warns AIIB Chief Economist

Water crisis could hit India’s credit rating, wa...

May 12, 2026

You have just released a report on the Asian water infrastructure. What is the most critical finding of that report? The most important finding or outcome, if I were to choose one, is that we need to think of the water cycle as an important infrastructure, as something we need to...

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AIIB calls for water to be treated as critical infrastructure

AIIB calls for water to be treated as critical inf...

April 30, 2026

Global water security is emerging as a critical macroeconomic and development challenge, with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) calling for the hydrological cycle to be treated as essential infrastructure, as rising pressures of scarcity, excess, pollution and varia...

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Spotlight on controversial Great Nicobar Island project after Rahul Gandhi’s visit 

Spotlight on controversial Great Nicobar Island pr...

April 29, 2026

Attempts by Indian authorities to obstruct Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, from visiting Great Nicobar Island failed as Gandhi managed to reach the ecologically-sensitive area to highlight concerns over a major project that the government claims will make the...

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