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- 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…
- 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…
- ESG Movers
EcoVadis and Workiva Integrate Platforms to Streamline Scope 3 Supply Chain Reporting
Sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis and reporting solutions company Workiva have announced a strategic partnership to connect supply chain carbon emissions data directly into corporate Scope 3 di…
- Climate & Nature
India's Heat Action Plans Expand but Implementation Gap Remains Country's Core Challenge
Indian state governments are developing increasingly ambitious Heat Action Plans, cooling station networks and heat governance mechanisms, but the gap between policy design and ground-level implementa…
- Climate & Nature
LPG Supply Disruption Pushes Indian Households Back to Solid Fuel Cooking
Disruptions to liquefied petroleum gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are forcing households and small restaurants across India to revert to coal, firewood and biomass cooking fuels, reversing…
- Sustainable Finance
China, EU, and Brazil Launch Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets
The governments of China and Brazil and the European Commission have announced the launch of the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets, a new international initiative to strengthen cooperation o…
- Climate & Nature
India Defines Green Methanol Standard and Launches First Bunkering Trial
India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy published the country's first standard definition for green methanol on February 27, 2026, setting an emissions threshold of no more than 0.44 kilograms of…
- Climate & Nature
KKR and HASI Expand CarbonCount Platform with $508 Million Senior Note Issuance
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) and KKR have expanded the investment capacity of their co-investment platform CarbonCount Holdings 1 (CCH1) through a $508 million senior unsecured note is…
- Climate & Nature
New York Pushes Back Economy-Wide Emissions Target from 2030 to 2040
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has reached a budget agreement with state legislators that replaces the state's existing 2030 economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal with a new 2040 target…
- Climate & Nature
India Accounts for 42 Percent of Global Steel Capacity Under Development
India is the largest driver of global steelmaking expansion, accounting for 42 per cent — or 357 million tonnes per annum — of all steelmaking capacity under development worldwide, nearly three times …
- Climate & Nature
Transition Gap Remains Biggest Barrier as Organic Farming Expands in India
Organic agriculture in India has expanded steadily over the past decade, making the country a global leader in certified organic area and farmer numbers, but the economic hardship of the three-to-five…
- Sustainable Finance
ICVCM Approves Global Carbon Council and New Renewable Energy Methodology
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has approved the Global Carbon Council as its tenth CCP-Eligible program and given conditional CCP approval to a revised renewable energy methodol…
- Climate & Nature
Green Industrialisation Must Serve Development Goals of the Global South, Economist Argues
Green industrialisation — the transformation of economies toward higher-productivity, lower-carbon manufacturing — offers developing countries a rare opportunity to unite decarbonisation with structur…
- Climate & Nature
Panchayati Raj Experience Shows Women's Leadership Delivers Outcomes Beyond Tokenism
More than three decades of women's reservation in Panchayati Raj Institutions has produced measurable governance outcomes in rural India, demonstrating that women leaders at the grassroots bring both …
- Climate & Nature
2024 Hajj Heat Exceeded Survivability Thresholds for Prolonged Outdoor Exposure
Climate change is creating serious and growing risks for millions of pilgrims performing the Hajj, with a new study finding that heat stress conditions during the 2024 Hajj exceeded survivability thre…
- Sustainable Finance
IFC Funds Peru Climate Resilience and SME Financial Inclusion Package
The International Finance Corporation finalized a financing package in early May 2026 to expand financial inclusion and climate-resilient lending through Peruvian financial intermediaries. The deal si…
- Climate & Nature
PepsiCo Signs Multi-Year Deal for Green Hydrogen Fertiliser Across European Supply Chain
PepsiCo and Spanish agricultural chemicals company Fertiberia have signed a multi-year agreement to scale the use of low-carbon, green hydrogen-based fertilisers across PepsiCo's European agricultural…
- Standards & Frameworks
Sandoz Sets SBTi-Validated Targets to Cut Operational Emissions 42% by 2030
Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz has announced new interim climate targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, including a 42% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and a 63% …
- Climate & Nature
Tiger Reintroduction in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains Could Generate Significant Tourism Revenue
A study published in PARKS: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation has found that reintroducing tigers to Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains Landscape could generate significant econ…
- Standards & Frameworks
EU Commission Publishes Revised ESRS Draft Cutting Mandatory Datapoints by 61%
The European Commission has published new drafts of its revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and a new Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard, opening a consultation that cl…
- Climate & Nature
Moeve and Accenture Launch Partnership to Accelerate Industrial Decarbonisation
Madrid-based energy company Moeve and professional services firm Accenture have announced a new partnership to support industrial companies in accelerating decarbonisation across their value chains, c…
- Climate & Nature
Oak Forests Delay Leaf Emergence by Three Days to Reduce Caterpillar Damage
Trees in temperate oak forests deliberately delay their time of budburst and leaf emergence by an average of three days following years of heavy caterpillar infestation, according to a study published…
- Climate & Nature
Nagaland University Proposes GIS-Based Watershed Management to Combat Northeast Soil Erosion
Researchers at Nagaland University have proposed the use of geospatial technology and watershed management to address growing soil erosion in the hilly regions of Northeast India, following a study co…
- Climate & Nature
Delhi Must Prioritise Construction, Transport and Waste in Green Transition
Delhi and the National Capital Region face a year-round environmental crisis in which construction dust, transport emissions and landfill methane are compounding rising heat and air pollution, yet gov…