A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.

Tourism often accounts for a large share of a government’s hard currency revenues, particularly in emerging countries, and can itself be highly exposed to climate events.

Developing nations have criticized the $300 billion annual climate finance commitment from wealthy countries as insufficient at the COP29 summit in Baku.

Drawing on the first comprehensive dataset of more than 2300 renewable energy start-ups across Africa and South Asia, a team led by the University of Oxford revealed India and South Africa among solar ‘business hotspots’.

Risk of death was found to rise in the wake of an extreme rainfall event, including death due to heart and lung conditions, according to a study.

There has been a steep 73 per cent decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations in just 50 years (1970–2020), according to WWF’s Living Planet Report (LPR) 2024. 

India is set to experience drastic climate shifts, with annual maximum temperature projected to rise by 1.5°C by 2057 under moderate emission scenarios, while this rise in mercury could occur a decade earlier in case of high emissions, a report by Azim Premji University revealed recently.

A report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) indicates that food consumption patterns among Indians are more sustainable than those of several big economies.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the role of energy technology innovation in reducing emissions and leading clean energy transitions.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi recently launched the Delhi Solar Portal as a single-window application and tracking site for the installation of rooftop solar panels in the city.

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Amara Raja Infra has completed construction of India’s first green hydrogen fuelling station in Leh, Ladakh, for NTPC Ltd. Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Manohar Lal inaugurated the facility recently.