Climate

New Zealand emerging as global laboratory for climate-friendly cows

New Zealand is testing methane-cutting technologies for livestock, aiming to reduce farm emissions while protecting agricultural exports and climate goals

Going green for planet blue: Sustainable finance returns to lenders' agenda

As India finalises its climate finance taxonomy, banks are expanding green lending while experts call for deeper capital pools and stronger disclosure norms

Mastering the evolving insurance business

In this session, Gaurav Banka, Chief Risk Officer, Aviva India, talks about the insurance sector and provides career tips to the B-Schoolers.

India faces very high credit exposure to water-management risks: Moody's

Moody's assigns India its highest water-risk score, citing groundwater depletion, ageing infrastructure and fragmented water governance

India faces very high credit exposure to water-management risks: Moody's

Moody's assigns India its highest water-risk score, citing groundwater depletion, ageing infrastructure and fragmented water governance

Moody's warns against 'very high' credit exposure to water-management risks

Moody's assigns India its highest water-risk score, citing groundwater depletion, ageing infrastructure and fragmented water governance

Best of BS Opinion: Hope is not a strategy, capacity is

From geopolitics and women's empowerment to manufacturing, the rupee and technology, lasting progress depends less on hope and more on building capacity

Odisha pitches global action on climate and disaster risks at BRICS meet

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi highlighted Odisha's disaster management model and called for greater international cooperation to tackle climate-related challenges

Power planning: India's surging energy demand needs better preparation

Every year, summers have arrived earlier and temperatures have scaled new peaks

India's EV narrative | Electrifying heavy vehicles

In this session, Rahul Kanuganti, Founder & CEO, Flytta Green shared his insight on heavy-duty freight and how government support is required in this sector for better EV adoption

Microplastics found to trap heat, play role in global climate change

New research finds airborne microplastics trap heat and may amplify global warming, challenging earlier assumptions about their climate impact

India among top coal mine methane emitters in 2025, says IEA report

IEA flags India among top coal mine methane emitters, highlighting gaps in reporting and the urgent need for cost-effective emission reduction measures

BII launches £1.1 bn British Climate Partners for Asia energy transition

British International Investment's £1.1bn initiative aims to mobilise private capital for climate projects across India and South-East Asia, targeting emission reduction and energy transition

India's poverty map bends under climate pressure, finds NISER study

NISER study finds climate shocks like floods, droughts, and rising temperatures are deepening poverty, especially in agriculture-dependent and vulnerable regions

Protecting biodiversity: Strategy improves, but outcomes remain uncertain

A key concern is the gap between restoration and degradation: while 24.1 mn hectares are restored against a 26 mn target, nearly 30% of India's land still faces degradation

Climate action could help prevent over 13.5 mn deaths by 2050: Study

More than 13.5 million deaths due to air pollution could be avoided by 2050 under climate action that limits global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, mostly in low and middle-income countries, according to a new study. Researchers, including those from The University of Texas at Austin, US, said that the amount of health benefits and how they are distributed across the countries would depend on how climate mitigation is shared globally. The analysis, published in The Lancet Global Health journal, shows that under a least-cost approach -- where emissions are cut wherever cheapest to do so -- LMICs shoulder a significant share of the mitigation effort but also reap the largest air quality benefits. However, wealthier nations bearing more of the climate mitigation effort under an 'equity-based approach' could result in LMICs paying less, but may avert nearly four million fewer premature deaths, because less fossil fuel reduction occurs where air pollution is the worst, the researchers ...

Trump's repeal of climate finding could spark wave of lawsuits in US

The Environmental Protection Agency is set this week to repeal a 2009 scientific determination known as the endangerment finding, which has been the foundation for federal climate regulations

Varaha raises $45 million in Series B round led by WestBridge Capital

Climate-tech firm to use fresh capital to expand globally, deepen science capabilities and scale biochar-focused industrial partnerships

Critical minerals, nuclear push crucial to India's climate plan: Eco Survey

The Economic Survey says India plans a development-centred climate strategy that integrates adaptation, mitigation and behaviour change while strengthening energy security

Domestic climate finance alone won't suffice for India: Eco Survey

India faces global challenges in climate finance and relying solely on domestic resources will not be sufficient, the Economic Survey on Thursday warned, suggesting mobilising private sector finance. Critical areas, including adaptation, financing for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), urban infrastructure, and hard-to-abate industries, remain "underfunded". Currently, about 83 per cent of India's finance for mitigation and 98 per cent of finance for adaptation is sourced domestically. "However, the gaps in available finance and the needs persist, relying solely on domestic resources will not be sufficient," the Survey warned. Although the country has successfully reduced its emissions intensity by 36 per cent since 2005 and achieved 50 per cent non-fossil power capacity ahead of schedule, climate finance remains skewed towards mature sectors such as solar, wind energy and energy efficiency, it said. International public sector climate finance at an affordable cost, is,