Environment & Sustainability

India’s fight for cleaner air is entering a new phase—one that goes beyond awareness to measurable action. From expanding air-quality monitoring and tackling pollution at its sources to strengthening city-level interventions, the country is building a more coordinated clean-air strategy. With Delhi preparing early for the winter pollution season, the focus is increasingly shifting from reacting to smog to preventing it. The road to blue skies will depend on sustained policy action, technology, scientific evidence and collective responsibility.

Rising temperatures, recurring climate disasters, water stress, biodiversity degradation and increasing socio-economic vulnerabilities have transformed climate change from a purely environmental challenge into a geopolitical reality

Rising geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran are intensifying the air quality crisis across West and South Asia. Beyond health and agriculture, the crisis is reshaping global investment trends toward sustainability and green growth.

Sustainability in global trade is a core determinant of competitiveness, risk management, and long-term value creation, which earlier may have been simply classified as a peripheral ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) concern.

Dr. Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development and Environment, received Shri Kirtivardan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, Environment, Forests, and Climate Change of the Republic of India, to discuss ways to enhance joint cooperation between the two countries in a number of environmental areas of mutual interest.

Speaking at the ‘Environment, COP-30 and Global Health’ session during the BRICS Summit in Brazil, Prime Minister Modi expressed appreciation for the leadership of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, noting that BRICS has rightly focused on critical and interrelated issues that are essential for securing a better future for humanity.

Climate Asia successfully concluded its 4th Annual Conference, Mitti Ki Baatein (Stories from the Ground), on Earth Day in New Delhi. The event drew over 150 participants, including grassroots leaders, civil society organisations (CSOs), climate funders, and policy influencers.

Denmark, known for its cleantech projects in the automotive, maritime and aviation sectors, has focused on green energy supply for more than 40 years and is leading the way to reach the 70 percent C02 emission reduction target by 2030