“Has the Glasgow Climate Pact succeeded in going far enough to keep the world below a 1.5°C temperature rise – necessary to ensure that our world can avoid the worst and catastrophic impacts of a changing climate? The answer is a resounding ‘no’,” says CSE director general Sunita Narain. To get full access to this story, "Subscribe Now" in just Re.1 for the next 24 hours... 

As the winter season sets, the Centre for Science and Environment has analyzed air quality trends so far in Delhi and National Capital Region, besides the larger Indo-Gangetic Plain region. To get full access to this story, "Subscribe Now", in just Re.1 for the next 24 hours.

A majority of India’s pollution control agencies remain closed entities when it comes to sharing information with the public. A new rating study by the Centre for Science and Environment has found that a mere handful of India’s pollution control boards and authorities are adequately putting out environmental and governance information into the public domain. To get full access to this story, "Subscribe Now" in just Re.1 for the next 24 hours. 

​As thousands of dead fish floated in the Yamuna, people living along the banks and a large number of pilgrims were shocked. The stink and the deadly sight made people sick. It’s a clear alarm signal about the health of the river, warned river activists. To get full access to this story, "Subscribe Now", in just Re.1 for the next 24 hours.

India is sitting on a potential powder keg of serious infection—while the lengthening COVID-19 pandemic has spiked up the country’s generation of biomedical wastes, the infrastructure for managing this extremely hazardous waste is on the verge of collapse, finds a new assessment from the Centre for Science and Environment. To get access to this story, "Subscribe Now" in just Re.1 for the next 24 hours...

The number and frequency of lightning strikes are increasing globally. The proverbial bolts from the blue are killing more people every subsequent year. Between April 2020 and March 2021, 18.5 million lightning strikes were recorded in India. This was a 34 percent increase from the 13.8 million strikes between April 2019 and March 2020. To get full access to this story, "Subscribe Now", in just Re.1 for the next 24 hours...