As Delhi and the National Capital Region brace for the upcoming winter, it remains to be seen if the seasonal average of PM2.5 during winter -- that had improved during the pandemic but had stagnated post-pandemic -- will further bend or increase. This winter season is also starting from a much cleaner benchmark due to rains in September and October.

Even as the monsoon has made its footfalls felt across the country, there seems to be little respite from the searing heat – aided by steep rises in humidity levels -- in many pockets. The heat waves lashing India this summer are symptomatic of the anomalous temperature trends that are expected to worsen with growing climate change impacts.

Restoring coastal vegetation – so-called ‘blue carbon’ habitats – may not be the nature-based climate solution it is claimed to be, according to a new study.

The summer of 2022, one of the hottest in history, has witnessed widespread ozone exceedance, making the air of Delhi-NCR more toxic, says the latest analysis released here by the Centre for Science and Environment.

Of the over 1,700 people who lost their lives to extreme weather events in India in the year 2021, 350 were from Maharashtra. Odisha followed with 223 casualties; and in Madhya Pradesh, 191 lives were lost.

The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector of Indian industry accounts for close to 30 per cent of the country’s GDP. Despite such a substantial role played by the sector in India’s economy, its contribution to deteriorating air quality in cities and regions has rarely been assessed, analysed or highlighted.