Indians’ ability to fight Covid-19 impaired because their lungs have been weakened by air pollution.

Some financial institutions are looking for innovative ways to drive the energy transition and correct the market distortions that have kept fossil fuels at the top until now. As COP26 approaches, the ADB is pitching a solution.

Carbon markets seem like a straightforward way to ‘make polluters pay’ and help drive the shift away from fossil fuels – but the reality is complicated

From production to disposal, plastic emits a lot of greenhouse gas, and may even be interfering with the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon

The Bay of Bengal community was able to avoid blackouts after Cyclone Amphan by relying on solar energy microgrids.

The rise of the electric three-wheeler could help to reduce India’s emissions and improve air quality, but how can this niche vehicle compete on Delhi’s busy streets?

Water is declining around the world. Today, fresh water reserves are shared among more people than ever before, each consuming an increasing amount of water in their daily lives. Climate change is melting glaciers and intensive farming is depleting underground resources in some of the most populated areas of the world.

The tongues of ice on the world’s highest mountains are melting away, but we might be able to save the precious archive of information trapped within them before global warming causes it to disappear forever.

Cross-border teams of scientists collaborate on climate models, even as their countries’ militaries clash.

The nations are cooperating to combat the crop-killing insects. But conflict has the potential to disrupt their efforts.

India’s solar power capacity is growing, and quick. And its struggle to meet ambitious targets is a global problem

If India is serious about renewables, it needs to spend its time and money focusing on building them up and developing the necessary grid infrastructure rather than wasting energy on pushing coal.

India has ambitious plans for solar power, but problems related to transmission infrastructure and interstate coordination remain.

India has big plans to create a grid that could move solar power around the globe. But given its difficulties in transporting electricity at national level, experts remain sceptical the project will ever see the light of day.

Time for artificial planet coolers? A cooling “sunshade” for the planet could reduce harmful coral bleaching and the number of hurricanes, which damage reefs.

A tiny ancient shrimp found only in a single small lake tucked away in the mountains of central Italy could soon disappear, as a combined result of climate change and an earthquake that hit the area in 2016