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- Climate & Nature
IPCC begins 2027 methodology report on carbon removal and CCUS
The IPCC commenced work on its 2027 Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies and CCUS, holding its first Lead Author Meeting from 14–16 April 2026 in Rome with over 150 experts. The h…
- Climate & Nature
Green-Blue Urban Adaptation Projects Raise Housing Prices 13% Risking Displacement
A study published in Nature Cities analysing two decades of satellite imagery and socio-economic data from 5,503 cities and towns across 32 African countries found that green-blue climate adaptation p…
- Regulations
EBA Proposes Three-Tier ESG Supervisory Reporting Framework to Reduce Bank Disclosure Burden
The European Banking Authority published a proposed overhaul of its ESG supervisory reporting framework, introducing a proportionality-based three-tier structure and removing several EU Taxonomy-relat…
- Standards & Frameworks
India Submits Third NDC Targeting 47% Emissions Intensity Cut by 2035
The Union Cabinet approved India's third Nationally Determined Contributions on March 25, committing to a 47 per cent reduction in emissions intensity of GDP from 2005 levels by 2035, along with 60 pe…
- Climate & Nature
ESG Broadcast Digest: Energy Transition Finance and Climate Policy Under Review
The current issue examines how the US-Israel war on Iran and the Hormuz blockade are reshaping global energy markets and accelerating demand for renewables, alongside India's updated climate commitmen…
- Sustainable Finance
RBI-backed ESG data integration reshapes credit decisions in MSME lending
With RBI encouragement, Indian banks and NBFCs are integrating ESG parameters into risk assessment across the MSME segment valued at over ₹20 lakh crore. The shift means MSMEs will increasingly need t…
- Climate & Nature
BluPine Energy reports 100% Scope 1 and 2 carbon neutrality in FY25
BluPine Energy reported achieving 100% carbon neutrality across Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in FY25 through renewable energy use, operational optimisation and carbon offsets, disclosed in its FY25 S…
- Standards & Frameworks
EFRAG Appoints Kerstin Lopatta as Sustainability Reporting Board Chair
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group appointed Kerstin Lopatta as its new EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board Chair for a three-year term beginning in May, a pivotal moment as the European…
- Climate & Nature
PM-KUSUM 2.0 Shifts Focus From Solar Pump Deployment to Rural Grid Reform
India is preparing to launch the second phase of the PM-KUSUM agricultural solar scheme with an explicit shift from pump deployment targets to addressing the rural grid infrastructure constraints that…
- Regulations
Colombia Allocates 7.2 Billion Pesos to Cull Escobar Hippo Population
Colombia's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development approved a euthanasia protocol on 13 April 2026 to manage the hippopotamus population descended from four animals brought to the country …
- Climate & Nature
Renewables Offset Fossil Fuel Drop After Hormuz Disruption, CREA Analysis Shows
Global fossil fuel-based power generation fell approximately 1 per cent year-on-year in March 2026, the first full month following the Strait of Hormuz blockade, with the decline entirely offset by a …
- Climate & Nature
World Economic Forum publishes 2026 financier's guide to blue carbon
The World Economic Forum published "Turning the Tide: A Financier's Guide to Investing in Blue Carbon Ecosystems 2026" on 14th April 2026, introducing a Blue Carbon Investment Framework to mobilise pr…
- Climate & Nature
Rising LPG Prices Drive Rural India Back to Firewood Despite Connections
Field reporting across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh finds that women in forest-fringed villages continue to collect firewood daily despite holding LPG connections, as rising cylinder prices and unr…
- Climate & Nature
NGT Orders Show Progress on Air Pollution and Canal Conservation in India
India's National Green Tribunal and pollution control bodies issued a series of environment orders on 13 April 2026, covering air quality improvement targets in Madhya Pradesh, canal de-siltation in W…
- Climate & Nature
AI Model Projects Wind and Solar Fall Short of 1.5C Goal
A new AI-driven forecasting model called PROLONG projects onshore wind reaching 25 per cent and solar 20 per cent of global electricity by 2050, sufficient for a 2C pathway but not the 1.5C target. Th…
- Climate & Nature
India's Solar Expansion Faces Scrutiny Over Land Rights and Green Grabbing
A 1,000 megawatt solar park proposed in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, backed by a $672 million Asian Development Bank loan, is displacing around 25,000 Karbi, Naga and Adivasi residents from 2,396 h…
- Climate & Nature
Kashmir Apple Orchards Face Season-Long Losses From Intensifying Hailstorms
Short, intense hailstorms are causing escalating damage to apple orchards across Kashmir, with storms now clustering between April and June and striking during the critical flowering stage when crops …
- Climate & Nature
Indo-Gangetic Heat Crisis Reveals Governance Gaps Beyond Climate Factors
In the summer of 2024, Uttar Pradesh experienced India's longest stretch of extreme heat since 2010, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius for an entire month and over 44,000 heatstroke cases…
- Regulations
NGT Flags Diesel Generator Compliance Gaps Across Multiple Indian States
The National Green Tribunal has found that several states and Union Territories have not implemented Central Pollution Control Board directions on retrofitting emission control devices in diesel gener…
- ESG Movers
Microsoft Pauses New Carbon Removal Purchases Amid Portfolio Review
Microsoft has signaled to carbon credit suppliers that it is pausing new carbon removal purchases, according to media reports citing people familiar with the matter, a move that carries significant im…
- Regulations
India's Ministry of Steel amends Green Steel Certificate validity rules
The Ministry of Steel issued a corrigendum on April 6, 2026 to its Green Steel Classification notification, allowing provisional extension of Green Steel Certificate validity until June of the followi…
- Climate & Nature
India targets 300 MT steel capacity with 25% lower emissions intensity
India is targeting a 25% reduction in steel-sector emissions intensity while raising production capacity to about 300 million tonnes by 2030 from around 180 million tonnes, per a government roadmap re…
- Climate & Nature
NGT Orders Joint Report on Illegal Sand Mining in River Mahan
The National Green Tribunal's central bench on 9 April 2026 ordered respondents to file replies and directed the formation of a joint committee to investigate allegations of uncontrolled sand quarryin…
- Climate & Nature
March 2026 Ranks Fourth Warmest Ever at 1.48 Degrees Above Pre-Industrial Levels
Global average temperatures in March 2026 were 1.48 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the fourth-warmest March on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Chang…