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Thursday, October 9, 2025
TopicEnvironment

Topic: environment

NHRC convenes advisory group meet, explores connect between climate change & human rights

The meeting explored the impact of climate change on Indigenous populations, how extreme weather events affect lives and livelihoods, and how corporate accountability is relevant in the context of climate change.

The 3 R approach for companies to build nature-positive cities

The private sector must develop ecofriendly building materials, standardise construction practices globally, and use circular economy practices to limit waste production.

ADB approves $100 million loan for climate investment in Mongolia

The program aims to support NDC goals, NAP implementation, and gender-responsive actions.

India is pivotal in closing climate finance gaps. Philanthropy is key

Having funded everything from education to livelihoods to gender, India’s philanthropists are increasingly aware of their country’s climate challenge and the need for big bets.

UK water supply company fined for sewage leaks that killed protected fish

Swindon Magistrates' Court ordered Wessex Water to pay £560,000 in fines and costs.

ADB approves $22 million to help Maldives’ tackle climate change

The ADB funding will bolster the nation's defenses against rising sea levels, and extreme weather and help bolster food security.

Why a carbon removal budget is necessary to combat climate change

Efforts to ramp up carbon removal globally remain contested and controversial. But there are ongoing processes around the world to define what counts as carbon removal.

India’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ Campaign now in Colombia

New Delhi: In a move to promote environmental responsibility and honour mothers, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, led...

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: 3 more succumb, forest officials suspect fungus-laden crops were cause

Forest officer says elephants are believed to have consumed millet crops that had gathered fungus as villagers stacked them near the fields for several days. Post-mortem report awaited.

Cyclone Dana kills 4 in West Bengal, damages infrastructure and crops

The severe cyclonic storm struck the eastern coast in the early hours of Friday, triggering torrential rain and high-speed winds in the region.

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60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.