India’s climate policy must demonstrate real achievements vis-à-vis fossil fuels while highlighting modest gains in the realm of green energy. After attending COP30, the United Nations climate summit ...

At this year's UN climate summit (COP30), under way in Brazil's Belem city, all eyes are on India - the world's third largest carbon emitter. India has not yet submitted a key climate plan that ...

While India’s energy sector faces significant scaling challenges – decarbonizing a rapidly growing economy with a population of 1.4 billion that is projected to account for 25% of global energy demand ...

Bordered by the fragile young Himalayas and a long coastline, India’s vast and varied geography is particularly vulnerable to climate change. More than 80 percent of India’s people live in districts ...

FOR CENTURIES the arrival of the monsoon in India has been a time for rejoicing. The annual rains, which make landfall in the southern state of Kerala in June before spreading across the subcontinent, ...

Climate negotiators, researchers, and activists converged in the Amazonian city of Belem for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change from November ...

India stands at a defining moment. Last year, while addressing COP30 delegates in Belém, Brazil, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav committed the country to submit a revised, more ambitious ...

Near-term mitigation measures are unarguably crucial to limit the intensity of adverse climate outcomes. Chapter 10 of India’s Economic Survey 2025-26 provides a comprehensive summary of New Delhi’s ...