PM's climate mission plan for Himalaya yet to take off

Capacity building for mission under national action plan on climate change still ongoing five years after launch

Climate Crisis: Carbon capture tech faces multiple challenges, says IPCC Synthesis Report

Carbon dioxide removal would be necessary to achieve net-negative CO2 emissions, the report said

7th GEF Assembly: Member countries get together to ratify Global Biodiversity Framework Fund 

Momentum set in Vancouver crucial for achieving the biodiversity and sustainable development goals by 2030

‘Dead’ coral reefs as important as ‘live’ ones, shows new study

‘Dead’ coral reefs support ‘cryptic’ animals — including fishes, snails, tiny crabs and worms — who hide …

Himalayas: the agenda for development and environment

We need to think about a pan-Himalayan development strategy which is based on the region's natural resources, culture and traditional knowledge

Winged wonders: We should not resent bats, because we need them

The pandemic has magnified fear of bats, but their conservation is crucial to prevent such events from arising again

Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report

Current global investments in nature-based solutions $154 billion per year, needs to be $384 billion

Maharashtra groundwater bill gets presidential nod

Setting up regulatory authority, notification of overexploited areas and developing watershed development plans to get top priority

Three elephants die on Bengal's killer track

Speeding trains have killed 43 elephants in Jalpaiguri since 2004; forest and railway officials propose constructing bridges, underpasses for the …

Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems

The longer we do nothing about population growth, the worse it gets

From restoring forests to river basins, seven conservation initiatives across continents recognised by UN

Award makes the projects eligible for technical and financial support from United Nations

No free lunch for water projects

The concept of environmental flow appears unscientific, dangerous too

Natural injustice

What are oyster reefs?

A friend in weed

Without action, Asia-Pacific ecosystems could lose a third of their value by 2050

In the Asia-Pacific region, Afghanistan shows the greatest potential losses and gains

Less species, more diseases

Researchers blame increased human population

Natural bad debt

Impolitic moves

The recent Cabinet shake-up could spell trouble for India on the eco-conservation front

US derails UN declaration

Rejects key clauses on debt, trade, climate change

Land yields much more than crops

Biodiversity buffer

It can protect dryland from withering due to climate change

Farm differently

Report>>A report riles industrial farming nations and agribusiness

A promising pathway

Rio+20, green economy and India

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