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- Climate & Nature
Ground-Level Ozone Emerges as Major Public Health Threat Across Delhi NCR
New evidence from Delhi's air quality monitoring network shows that ground-level ozone is now exceeding the national 8-hour standard of 100 micrograms per cubic metre on every monitored day in many pa…
- Climate & Nature
ISO Releases Draft ISO 14060 Net Zero Standard for Organisations Worldwide
The International Organization for Standardization published its draft ISO 14060 standard — ISO Net Zero Aligned Organizations — the first global standard designed to support companies in developing c…
- Climate & Nature
India Faces Ozone Threat, El Nino Risk and Data Centre Water Strain
Ground-level ozone is emerging as a year-round public health threat in India's cities, no longer confined to winter smog seasons, demanding integrated air quality and climate policy responses. A possi…
- Climate & Nature
Mars Achieves 100% Renewable Electricity Across U.S. Operations
Mars announced that it has reached 100% renewable electricity for its U.S. operations, including factories, offices and veterinary hospitals, alongside the release of its 2025 sustainability report. T…
- Climate & Nature
India Needs a Forest Rights Appellate Tribunal for Fair Claims Review
Environmental lawyer Ritwick Dutta argues that the Forest Rights Act must be amended to create a Forest Rights Appellate Tribunal, providing tribal communities with a statutory right to appeal distric…
- Climate & Nature
Abujhmad Tribal Region Opens After Decades of Maoist-Era Isolation
Abujhmad, a forested tribal settlement in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, has become accessible to outsiders after Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared it free from Maoist insurgency in October 2025, …
- Sustainable Finance
Iberdrola Raises €1.5 Billion in Green Bond With 3x Investor Oversubscription
Spanish energy company Iberdrola raised €1.5 billion (USD $1.7 billion) through a senior green bond issuance, with proceeds to finance electricity grid investments across multiple countries and select…
- Climate & Nature
Developing Countries Pay $500 Billion Annually Extra Due to Higher Borrowing Costs
Developing countries could save nearly $500 billion annually if they could borrow at the same interest rates as advanced economies, according to a new UNCTAD report that warns high financing costs are…
- ESG Movers
Inox Wind Signs 1,500 MW Turbine Supply MoU with Inox Clean
Inox Wind Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Inox Clean Energy to supply 1,500 MW of wind turbines for renewable energy projects across India. The agreement reinforces the INOXGFL G…
- Sustainable Finance
ICVCM Engages Governments and Communities at London Climate Action Week 2026
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market is participating in London Climate Action Week 2026 with a focus on strengthening carbon market integrity in practice, engaging governments, marke…
- Climate & Nature
Study Finds Elderly Indians Face Sharply Higher Disease Risk After Floods
A new study published in the journal Discover Public Health has found that older adults in India exposed to floods and cyclones face significantly elevated risks of contracting diarrhoea, cholera, typ…
- Climate & Nature
Scientists Say Climate Models Cannot Yet Predict El Nino Behaviour Under Warming
Mariam Zachariah, research associate at Imperial College London, says current climate models show systematic biases in simulating El Nino events, leaving key questions about future frequency, intensit…
- Sustainable Finance
SolarSquare Raises $53 Million in India's Largest Residential Solar Venture Round
India-based rooftop solar provider SolarSquare announced a $53 million Series C funding round, the largest venture investment in India's solar sector, to expand its platform to new cities and deepen t…
- Sustainable Finance
Potsdam Institute Proposes EU Jurisdictional Reward Funds for International Carbon Credits
A new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research proposes that the European Union create performance-based Jurisdictional Reward Funds to achieve up to 5 per cent of its 2040 climate…
- ESG Movers
Oil India Signs CSIR MoU for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology Research
Oil India Limited (OIL), a Maharatna CPSE under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on June 15…
- Climate & Nature
India Courts Address Forest Land Violations, Stream Encroachment and River Construction
India's National Green Tribunal and courts addressed a range of environmental violations on June 10, 2026, including unauthorised construction near forest land in Chandigarh's periphery, the alleged m…
- Climate & Nature
Workiva Launches AI Agent to Identify and Fill Sustainability Reporting Gaps
Business data platform Workiva announced the launch of its Sustainability Disclosure Agent, a new agentic AI solution designed to help companies identify gaps in their sustainability reporting against…
- Climate & Nature
Developing Nations Push Back Against Climate-Linked Trade Measures at Bonn Dialogue
The first-ever UNFCCC Dialogue on Trade and Climate, held on June 13 at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, saw developing country blocs including the G77 and China, African Group, Arab Group, BASIC, …
- Climate & Nature
Syngenta Partners Annam.AI to Deliver AI-Powered Crop Intelligence to Indian Farmers
Syngenta signed a memorandum of understanding to become a strategic partner in Annam.AI, India's first open-data national agricultural intelligence programme, contributing agronomic expertise for crop…
- Regulations
CSE Survey Finds 72 Percent of Delhi-NCR Brick Kilns Still Burning Coal
More than 70 per cent of surveyed brick kilns in Delhi-NCR continued using coal during the 2025-26 season despite a Commission for Air Quality Management ban on coal use, according to a new report by …
- Climate & Nature
Marine Heatwaves Are Pushing India's Coastal Fish Stocks Beyond Artisanal Fishers' Reach
Marine heatwaves in the Indian Ocean are forcing temperature-sensitive species such as sardines and mackerel into deeper and more northerly waters, placing them beyond the range of the non-motorised a…
- Climate & Nature
EU Council Backs Wider CBAM Expansion to Include More Downstream Industrial Products
The European Council agreed on a position to expand the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to additional downstream industrial products, going beyond the European Commission's December 2025 proposal t…
- Sustainable Finance
Bonn Climate Talks Expose Deep Divides Over Climate Finance Obligations
The first week of the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2026 saw climate finance dominate negotiations across multiple tracks, with developing countries and civil society warning that declining public fi…
- Climate & Nature
First Veredas Dialogue Highlights Systemic Barriers to Climate Finance Alignment
The first Veredas Dialogue, held at the Bonn Climate Change Conference on June 9-10, 2026, examined how to align global financial systems with climate goals without weakening developed countries' obli…