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- Climate & Nature
Cemex Achieves Highest MSCI ESG Rating of AAA in Building Materials Sector
Cemex announced it has been upgraded to AAA in the MSCI ESG Ratings assessment, the highest possible rating, placing the Mexican building materials company among the top performers in its global secto…
- Climate & Nature
Parliament Digest: 20.7 Million Tonnes Plastic Recycled, 20% Ethanol Target Met
Around 20.7 million tonnes of plastic packaging waste have been recycled since India's Extended Producer Responsibility guidelines came into force in 2022, the Lok Sabha was informed, with 60,128 prod…
- Regulations
EU Commission Approves EUR 5 Billion Danish Offshore Wind State Aid Program
The European Commission approved a EUR 5 billion Danish state aid program to support construction of two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 1.8 GW under the new Clean Industrial Deal Stat…
- Climate & Nature
India Launches Carbon Market Portal with Trading to Begin in Four Months
India unveiled the Indian Carbon Market Portal, a centralized platform to implement the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme covering registration, monitoring, reporting, and verification of emissions across …
- Climate & Nature
H&M Adopts SBTN Land Science-Based Targets to Cut Agricultural Footprint
H&M Group announced it has set and validated science-based nature targets for land under the Science Based Targets Network framework, covering ecosystem conversion, land footprint reduction, and lands…
- Climate & Nature
World Forest Day Analysis Calls for Resource Nexus Governance Across India's Sectors
India's forest governance continues to operate in silos disconnected from mining, infrastructure, water, and energy policy, creating cumulative ecological and social costs that sectoral decision-makin…
- Standards & Frameworks
India draws over 40% of installed power capacity from non-fossil sources
Latest data shows India has achieved over 40% of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, crossing 180 GW of renewable capacity toward its 2030 target of 500 GW. The coordinated progress…
- Climate & Nature
Geopolymer Technology Converts Hazardous Landfill Waste into Safe Construction Blocks
New research published in the Journal of Process Safety and Environmental Protection demonstrates that geopolymer technology using fly ash as a binder can safely lock in hazardous heavy metals from fi…
- Sustainable Finance
Von der Leyen Pledges ETS Reform and EUR 30 Billion Cleantech Fund
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to revise the EU Emissions Trading System within days and launch a EUR 30 billion decarbonization and cleantech fund financed by ETS …
- Climate & Nature
Study confirms global warming accelerated over the past decade
A study in Geophysical Research Letters, drawing on AGU and other researchers, found observational evidence that Earth's energy imbalance has risen since 2010, with the planet now absorbing nearly twi…
- Climate & Nature
Sagar Cements plans ₹10 billion ESG investment for low-carbon production
Sagar Cements announced an investment of approximately ₹10 billion to strengthen its environmental, social and governance performance and reduce emissions from cement manufacturing. The move signals d…
- Climate & Nature
India Plans to Double Power Capacity to 1,121 GW by 2035
India's installed electricity generation capacity is projected to more than double from around 520 GW to 1,121 GW by 2035-36, with solar photovoltaic energy set to become the dominant source, accordin…
- Climate & Nature
Women Spend 250 Million Hours Daily Fetching Water, UN Finds
Women and girls collectively spend 250 million hours every day collecting water, a burden that limits their access to education, income and safety, according to the United Nations World Water Developm…
- Climate & Nature
Ringed Seals Accept Polar Bear Risk for Diet Variety, UBC Study Shows
Ringed seals in eastern Hudson Bay will enter high polar bear activity zones and dive for longer durations when fish diversity is especially varied, even at elevated predation risk, according to new r…
- Climate & Nature
Draught Animals Power 85 Million Hectares of Indian Rainfed Farmland
An estimated 70-73 million draught animals continue to support agricultural operations across approximately 85 million hectares of cultivated land in India, providing small and marginal farmers with r…
- Climate & Nature
Early Heat Wave Threatens 10 Per Cent Wheat Yield Loss in Punjab
Unseasonal heat in February and March is accelerating wheat ripening in Punjab and Haryana, with agricultural experts projecting yield losses of 7-10 per cent in timely-sown crops and up to 10 per cen…
- Climate & Nature
Kimball Electronics Cuts Scope 1 and 2 Emissions 9.3 Percent in 2025
Kimball Electronics published its seventh annual sustainability report, detailing progress on emissions, renewable energy, water stewardship, and community investment. The Indiana-based electronics ma…
- Climate & Nature
German Federal Administrative Court rules on Climate Protection Program 2030
The German Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled in case BVerwG 7 C 6.24 on a challenge by Deutsche Umwelthilfe over whether the government met its statutory obligations under the Federal Clim…
- Sustainable Finance
Africa Receives Under $14 Billion Annually Against $100 Billion Adaptation Need
Africa receives less than $14 billion per year in climate adaptation finance against an estimated need exceeding $100 billion, with more than half of what does flow arriving as interest-bearing loans,…
- Climate & Nature
Ocean Warming Shrinks Suitable Habitat for Japanese Chum Salmon
Marine habitats suitable for Japanese chum salmon have declined significantly over the past 25 years due to ocean warming, reduced zooplankton availability and increasingly frequent marine heatwaves, …
- Climate & Nature
India Converts Energy Import Dependence into Geopolitical Leverage
India has transformed its historically acute dependence on imported crude oil into a source of diplomatic influence, maintaining working relationships with Russia, the United States and Gulf states si…
- Climate & Nature
Raavan's Forest Imagery Offers Template for Ecological Cinema Analysis
Mani Ratnam's 2010 bilingual film Raavan presents the forest as an active narrative force rather than a backdrop, using landscape, water and tribal life to construct an ecological and political critiq…
- Climate & Nature
India Accounts for 60 Per Cent of Global Biodiversity Compliance Certificates
India has submitted its first national report on the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat, documenting Rs 216.31 crore mobilised through benefit-sharing approvals betw…
- Climate & Nature
US Tariffs Cut India's Solar Module Exports by 35 Per Cent
India's solar module exports to the United States have fallen by approximately 35 per cent following steep tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, exposing the Indian solar industry's heavy depen…