Environmental risks affect children disproportionately, especially children from marginalised communities. Millions of children across India are born and grow up…
Seema, a householder worker, lives in a one-room dwelling where she shoulders the responsibility of five lives – three young…
India's urban centers are grappling with a severe air pollution crisis that poses a significant threat to public health and…
India’s particulate pollution slightly dropped in one year, between 2021 and 2022. Despite this decline, the annual average particulate pollution…
A new report by the Centre for Science and Environment revealed that funds for the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)…
New study estimates at least 33,000 people die from exposure to air pollution in 10 Indian cities on an annual…
Air pollution is a major environmental and health concern globally. In India, 1.67 million deaths were attributed to air pollution…
The combined impact of air pollution and heatwaves can be far more severe than individual impacts, as various reactions between…
Delhi’s air pollution problems often receive global attention, but Kolkata’s air quality often ranks among the world’s worst. Data show…
India is in the midst of a massive general election lasting over a month and a half and involving nearly…
We’ve all heard about climate change’s effect on our planet — but do you know about the many ways it…
India’s air pollution kills more than 2 million people a year. The heavily industrialised city of Panipat, around 80km north…
Although the days when parali (stubble) burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana was blamed solely for rising…
Imagine you’re walking through polluted city streets. Despite wearing a N95 mask, you can still smell the smoky, sulphuric, gassy,…
Millions of people in cities in South and Southeast Asia face the threat of dying prematurely due to air pollution.…
A recent study has highlighted how air pollution impacts crop yields and increases associated economic burdens. The study found that…
Last year, 2023, was the hottest on record, marked by heatwaves across North America, China and Europe. It is likely…
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more…
According to a new analysis, non-compliance of thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR with emissions standards is contributing significantly to air…
A familiar curtain of toxic smog enveloped the National Capital Region (NCR) and its neighbouring areas in the last week…
Although the concentration of poisonous PM2.5 was still over 80 times the healthy limit prescribed by the World Health Organisation…
The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA), formally launched at the G20 Summit in Delhi in September, has intensified the discussion on…
India’s urban governance is ill-prepared to deal with the impacts of unprecedented expansion that is taking place in cities, highlights…
Achieving net zero emissions requires compromise but energy justice for all needs to be at the heart of any decision.…
COP28 will include the first dedicated ‘Health Day’. It’s due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the…
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