Editorial Team

Emergency restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel to commercial and industrial consumers will be lifted starting July 1, Deccan Herald reported.

India’s electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing could achieve 90–100% localisation across several high-value component categories other than batteries by 2030.

Carbon Brief reported that the Head of China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), Wang Hongzhi, said China’s investment in “key energy projects and new business models” over the next five years will exceed 20 trillion yuan ($2.9 trillion).

New Delhi will give “$1,000 cash incentive” to car owners “willing to scrap their old vehicle for an E according to a new ‌policy to cut high levels of air pollution, Reuters reported.

India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS NSA meeting in New Delhi. Doval said, “India and China are partners, not rivals,” and added, “a stable India-China relationship serves the common interests of both sides.”

Delhi’s rainfall deficit was at over 50% in June, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. The city recorded its second consecutive heatwave day on Monday, with the maximum temperature touching 42.4°C.

Since the closure of Strait of Hormuz the price of Urea has doubled increasing cost for  farmers and raising concerns about food security

The report says the funding needs are not uniform across sectors and power sector requires the largest amount of capital

The study of 152 brick-kilns finds widespread violation of norms, weak enforcement and little support for transition to cleaner fuels

South East Asia has the highest percentage of high-risk data centres at 20%, followed by East Asia at 13% and South Asia at 12%

The report says at least 242 million students in 85 countries experienced disruptions to their education because of climate-related events in 2024 alone

Farmers’ representatives say a super El Niño and a global fuel-fertilizer shock are threatening crop yields, incomes, and food supplies

The report finds that the tourist destinations and important business hubs like Hanoi in Vietnam and Cairo in Egypt are also among the top 50

Temperatures exceeding 28°C will directly affect how fast, far, and frequently athletes can run during a match

The report finds that Punjab and Haryana are warming the fastest among major wheat-growing states.

There is a 60% probability of deficient rainfall in 2026, according to the IMD

The report says that biochar will be effective in tackling air pollution, improve soil health, and generally durable carbon removal credits.

Without policy intervention, ACs alone could drive 120 GW of peak power demand by 2030 and 180 GW by 2035

The report noted that climate action in the housing sector must go hand-in-hand with tackling the growing global housing affordability crisis.

Heat-trapping cities, rising humidity, dry soils, and climate change driven warming, multiple factors are now converging to make extreme heat deadlier and more widespread

Renewable energy ETFs attracted over $3 billion in April 2026 alone, according to the report

In some countries, natural gas is extracted for external markets while millions of domestic citizens remain without electricity or clean cooking facilities

319 million tonnes per annum of blast furnace capacity are under development globally

The study said that about 62-77% of the rainforest could turn into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems if global temperature rose between 1.5˚C-1.9˚C

Climate shocks are not only destroying the livelihoods of low-income borrowers but are also driving up the cost of capital for the institutions that serve them

Global methane emissions have reached record highs, with production and use of fossil fuels resulting in 124 million tonnes of emissions in 2025, according to the report

The report says that none of India’s steelmakers scored above 43%, which shows that capital allocation across the sector has not kept up with stated climate strategies