Over recent months Raja, a farmer in India's Tamil Nadu state, has had a change of routine.
Every few days, the 53-year-old leaves his 30-acre (12-hectare) farm in the Villupuram district — where he…
Kerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestation.
In the misty, hilly terrain of Wayanad, in the southern Indian state…
Lancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseases.
Pollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019, or 18% of all deaths, according to a…
China’s new emissions target for 2030 is an ‘incremental step forward’, an analyst says
The leaders of China and India failed to set ambitious new climate targets at a key summit co-hosted by the UK…
The wife of the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is a shareholder in a restaurants business that funnelled investments through a letterbox company in the tax haven of Mauritius, in a structure that could…
Indian capital records highest single day rise in cases as monitor says pollution is at 14 times WHO safe level.
Delhi’s 20 million residents are facing a double health crisis as high levels of…
Carlos Casas’s film – half documentary, half experimental essay – is a near-wordless evocation of a ‘celebrity’ Sri Lankan elephant’s confrontation with death.
Licypriya Kangujam and Aarav Seth put in back of police van after demonstrating in New Delhi, which is often blanketed in thick smog.
A nine-year-old climate change activist in India was detained by…
India is planning to replace retiring coal-fired power plants with renewable generating capacity in a bid to cut the nation’s carbon footprint, power minister R. K. Singh said on Tuesday.
India is…
Rapid industrialisation in Gujarat threatens the mangroves that kharai camels and their nomadic herders depend on.
Ayub Amin Jat treats his camels like his children. But then his camels are no…
António Guterres tells country to stop building coal-fired power stations for sake of climate.
India must swiftly and permanently turn away from coal despite its need for cheap energy, the UN…
India has a crucial role to play in promoting clean energy and climate action as the world looks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday. …
The Olive Ridley turtles are part of conservationists’ attempts to boost the population and promote environmental protection.
More than 10,000 baby turtles were released into the sea off the…
Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population.
Over the past decade, Umeshwar Singh Amra has witnessed his homeland descend into a…
The Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) latest auction saw a record low bid of ₹2.36 (~$0.0313)/kWh.
The auction was conducted for 2 GW of the interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected…
Working towards a single, globally connected electricity grid
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has announced a new ‘One Sun One World One Grid’ (OSOWOG) vision for India to replicate its global…
As the government continues to focus on increasing the share of renewable energy in the country, nearly 15,000 MW of wind-solar hybrid capacity is expected to come up over the next five years, Crisil…