The IEA’s Renewables 2025 report highlights rapid global energy transition, with Solar PV driving growth. India to become the second-largest market, but addressing grid bottlenecks, transmission expansion, and DISCOMs’ financial fragility is crucial to sustain progress and meet COP28 goals.
Click to View MoreGreen crackers are eco-friendly alternatives to traditional firecrackers, designed to reduce air and noise pollution. They produce lower emissions of harmful gases and particulate matter, helping protect public health and the environment. Governments promote their use during festivals to balance cultural celebrations with environmental and health concerns.
Click to View MoreClimate change is severely impacting wildlife through habitat loss, altered migration patterns, and population declines, especially in sensitive regions like the Himalayas.
Click to View MoreMahendra Giri Hills, located in Odisha's Gajapati district, are part of the Eastern Ghats and rise to 1,501 metres above sea level. Declared a Biodiversity Heritage Site in 2022, the region is rich in flora and fauna, housing over 1,300 plant species and nearly 400 animal species, many of which are endangered and endemic.
Click to View MoreUNESCO added Himachal Pradesh’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, raising India’s tally to 13. Protecting snow leopards and supporting pastoralists, it exemplifies sustainable, community-led development in a fragile trans-Himalayan ecosystem.
Click to View MoreThe EAT-Lancet report shows under 1% of humanity lives within safe, equitable planetary limits. Current food systems drive ecological collapse and inequality, demanding a shift to plant-forward diets, halved food waste, and just policies for global health and sustainability.
Click to View MoreHydrogen fuel is a clean energy carrier that can be used to generate electricity or mechanical power. It can combat climate change, better than batteries by weight, can store renewable energy and stabilize power grids, reduces dependence on fossil fuels and oil imports, supports India’s National Hydrogen Mission.
Click to View MoreIsobutanol offers a breakthrough in biofuels, with potential to decarbonize India’s diesel-driven transport sector beyond ethanol blending. Despite cost and engine challenges, strong policy support and innovation can enable its adoption, advancing cleaner energy and India’s self-reliance goals.
Click to View MoreIndia banned single-use plastics in 2022, but they are still used because of lax enforcement, unauthorised production, expensive substitutes, and customer convenience. Strict enforcement, circular economy policies, community involvement, and creative, sustainable solutions are all necessary as they contribute to waste, inadequate recycling, and health hazards.
Click to View MoreThe India Cooling Action Plan addresses growing cooling demands sustainably, integrating technology, skills, and policy reforms, aligning with global climate commitments, while overcoming challenges through stakeholder engagement and international collaboration, positioning India as a global leader in environmentally responsible cooling.
Click to View MoreUnder the vision of ‘Seva and Sushasan,’ India emerges as a global climate leader, achieving COP21 targets early, advancing the LiFE movement, promoting green hydrogen, and maintaining low per capita emissions, showing that economic growth and sustainability can coexist.
Click to View MoreIndia tackles growth and climate challenges by blending public funds, green bonds, and private capital. With tools like blended finance and taxonomy, it prioritizes adaptation in agriculture and water, ensuring resilience for vulnerable populations and sustainable development.
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