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- Climate & Nature
Sikkim's Yakten Village Uses Hydrological Mapping and AI to Plan Water Security
Yakten, a village in Sikkim's Pakyong district that was promoted as India's first digital nomad village, is now undertaking detailed hydrological mapping and spring recharge interventions to plan for …
- Sustainable Finance
Crew Carbon Raises $25 Million to Scale Wastewater-Integrated Carbon Removal
Connecticut-based startup Crew Carbon has raised $25 million in a Series A round to expand its technology that integrates carbon removal into existing wastewater treatment facilities through accelerat…
- Climate & Nature
Childhood Obesity Rises Fastest in Developing Nations as High-Income Countries Stabilise
Childhood and adolescent obesity continues to rise rapidly in many low- and middle-income countries even as rates slow, stabilise or slightly decline in several high-income nations, according to a maj…
- Climate & Nature
ICMR and ICAR Launch SEHAT Mission Linking Agriculture to Public Health
The Indian Council of Medical Research and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research jointly launched Mission SEHAT — Science Excellence for Health through Agricultural Transformation — on May 11, 2…
- Regulations
Gujarat Villager Issues Statutory Notice Over Decade of Unresolved Tata Chemicals Pollution
A resident of Devpara village in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district has issued a follow-up statutory notice to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, alleging that the Tata Chemicals Mithapur plant cont…
- Climate & Nature
Northeast India's Agricultural Waste Presents Circular Economy Opportunity Worth Capturing
India generates over 500 million tonnes of agricultural residue annually, and the eight-state Northeast region holds significant untapped potential to transform this waste stream into economic value t…
- Climate & Nature
Uttar Pradesh Storm Winds Exceeding Cyclone Speeds Linked to Climate Warming
Devastating thunderstorms that struck Uttar Pradesh on May 13 and 14, 2026, killing more than 117 people, produced wind speeds comparable to those of very severe cyclones in several affected districts…
- Climate & Nature
Delhi's Summers Shift from Dry Heat to Humid, Extended Heat Stress Events
Delhi's seasonal heat pattern is shifting from the traditionally harsh but dry conditions characterised by the loo wind toward more persistent, humid heat that provides less overnight recovery and pos…
- Climate & Nature
India Evaluates Small Modular Reactors to Complement Renewable Energy Expansion
India is increasingly examining small modular reactors as a potential complement to solar and wind energy in addressing the country's rapidly growing electricity demand, driven by industrial decarboni…
- Climate & Nature
Lightrock Closes $500 Million Fund to Back Energy Access in Global South
Sustainability-focused private equity investor Lightrock has raised $500 million in commitments for Accelerate7, a new fund targeting clean energy access and clean cooking solutions across Sub-Saharan…
- Climate & Nature
Hormuz Crisis Disrupts 18.4 Million Barrels of Daily Oil Supply
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Israel war with Iran has cut off roughly 18.4 million barrels per day of oil and 110 billion cubic metres of annual LNG trade, according to a May 2…
- Climate & Nature
India's 4 Million Waste Pickers Remain Absent from Climate Policy
India's informal waste pickers — estimated at between 1.5 million and 4 million workers — manage 60 to 70 per cent of urban recyclable waste and underpin the country's recycling system, yet they remai…
- Climate & Nature
ECOncrete Raises $14 Million to Scale Biodiversity-Enhancing Marine Infrastructure Technology
New York-based ECOncrete has raised $14 million in new funding to scale its technology for improving the ecological sustainability of marine infrastructure, having deployed its solutions across more t…
- ESG Movers
Meta Signs 850 MW Solar and Storage Deals Across Nine US States
Meta has signed new power purchase agreements with renewable energy producer DESRI for 850 MW of solar and battery storage capacity spread across Oklahoma, Texas and Mississippi. The deal expands Meta…
- Climate & Nature
New Zealand Plans Law to Block Private Climate Liability Lawsuits
New Zealand's government announced on May 12, 2026 that it will amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to prevent courts from finding companies liable in private tort cases for climate change-rela…
- Climate & Nature
Bureau Veritas Launches Platform to Validate Supplier Emissions Data at Scale
Bureau Veritas has launched Supply Chain Engagement, a new module on its AITrack sustainability platform designed to help companies collect and validate product-level emissions data from their supplie…
- Climate & Nature
CDP Report Finds Companies Project $900 Billion in Extreme Weather Losses
A new CDP report reveals that companies are projecting $898 billion in losses from extreme weather events, with flooding alone accounting for $528 billion of anticipated financial impact through lost …
- ESG Movers
EU Sustainable Aviation Fuel Rules Favour Less Efficient Production Pathways
Research from Chalmers University of Technology warns that EU regulations designed to scale up sustainable aviation fuel may unintentionally raise production costs and energy use by favouring combusti…
- Climate & Nature
UL Solutions Launches AI-Powered Product Carbon Footprint Calculation Software
Applied safety and science company UL Solutions has launched a new software tool enabling companies to calculate product carbon footprints and improve the quality of supplier data used in Scope 3 repo…
- ESG Movers
Swiss International Air Lines Partners with Metafuels to Develop Synthetic Aviation Fuel
Swiss International Air Lines has signed a partnership with Zurich-based startup Metafuels to jointly develop and bring to market synthetic sustainable aviation fuel produced from captured CO2 and gre…
- Climate & Nature
NGT Reviews Oil India Drilling Clearance Inside Dibru Saikhowa National Park Boundary
Oil India Limited has filed its response before the National Green Tribunal challenging an appeal against the environment clearance granted for drilling and testing of hydrocarbons at seven locations …
- Climate & Nature
Chennai Study Finds Indoor Temperatures Rarely Drop Below 31 Degrees Celsius
A seven-month study tracking indoor temperatures in 50 low- and middle-income homes in Chennai found temperatures rarely dropped below 31 degrees Celsius and often remained above 34 degrees Celsius fo…
- Climate & Nature
Heat Stress, Rooftop Solar and Data Centres Reshape India's Power Sector Planning
India's electricity system is entering a complex new phase in which rising heat demand, rapid decentralised solar deployment, emerging data centre loads and an increasingly stressed transmission netwo…
- Climate & Nature
Indian Banks Treat Climate Risk as Compliance Exercise, Report Finds
A new analysis by Bengaluru-based think tank Climate Risk Horizons finds that 35 Indian banks with a combined market capitalisation of around Rs 50 trillion are making slow progress on climate risk in…