Simrin Sirur

India's aspiration to become a global climate leader is getting a boost from an expanding ecosystem of homegrown policy and research institutes. Here are 10, new and old.

Ceiling fans a staple across households and improving their energy efficiency will hold the key but cost and standardisation will prove to be challenges.

Between 1991 and 2014, agricultural land saw the sharpest decline while surprisingly, forest cover and water bodies were relatively unchanged.

In a groundbreaking study, scientists assert that solar energy has reached a pivotal tipping point, ensuring its rapid and irreversible global proliferation.

The renewable power source may see widespread adoption even without additional policies supporting renewable energy, according to the study.

Most shark meat consumption happens at a household level. Offering it at restaurants with an online presence could challenge conservation efforts.

The findings by IIT-Bombay are significant given the emphasis on afforestation, especially in India, and the country’s net-zero ambitions.

The final methodology to generate green credits through tree planting departs significantly from its draft version, which included more details about how the scheme would operate.

A new paper evaluating the economic feasibility of vulture conservation in India has found there is an “overwhelming support” for the captive breeding

Environmentalist Alok Shukla, who won the Goldman Prize, said his award was in honour of the Adivasis' fight for land, water and forest.