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In Olympic village, heat tests limits of organisers’ green ambitions

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris 2024 organisers had hoped their innovative self-cooling Olympic Village apartments would make air conditioning redundant, helping them to deliver the

Prosecutors press Brazil regulators on Petrobras license to drill near Amazon mouth

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors, who have recommended that environmental agency Ibama block drilling by state-run oil company Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon

Raging California wildfire grows bigger than city of Los Angeles

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - The largest wildfire in the U.S. swelled to nearly 600 square miles on Tuesday morning, bigger than the city of Los Angeles, fire officials in California said, as thousands

Wildfires rage in Greece and Balkans after weeks of scorching weather

By Giorgos Moutafis and Ivana Sekularac EVIA, Greece/BELGRADE (Reuters) -Wildfires fanned by strong winds raged in parts of Greece and the Balkans on Tuesday, burning forests and homes while forcing

Wildfires rage in Greece and the Balkans after weeks of scorching weather

By Giorgos Moutafis and Ivana Sekularac EVIA, Greece/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Wildfires fanned by strong winds raged in parts of Greece and the Balkans on Tuesday, burning forests and homes, and forcing

Olympics-Water breaks, fans and ice as Paris heatwave forces tweaks to the Games

By Sybille de La Hamaide and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) - Tennis and soccer players are allowed water breaks, BMX riders sit under umbrellas in between runs and horses are being monitored with

Environment funds collected by pollution board in past 5 yrs largely unused, reveals govt response

According to the response, the CPCB received Rs. 422.56 crore as EPC funds between 2019 and 2024. Of this, Rs. 99.29 crore has been utilised for environmental protection activities.

Forest fires rage near Albanian coastal town, spurring evacuations

SHENGJIN, Albania (Reuters) - Albanian firefighters and soldiers battled to control spreading forest fires near the coastal town of Shengjin on Tuesday, prompting authorities to evacuate residents.

India Inc far from meeting clean energy, decarbonisation goals, finds think tank

Over 35 Indian firms have committed to climate action since Paris Agreement but analysis by CRH finds 'massive gap between companies’ renewable energy commitments & actions'.

Corporate climate watchdog keeps lid on buying carbon offsets to meet climate targets

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) said in a research paper on Tuesday there was not enough scientific support for the influential corporate climate

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.