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From Net Zero Promises to Net Zero Evidence: Understanding India’s New Net Zero Portal

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For years, companies in India have announced Net Zero ambitions. Some have committed to reducing emissions by a certain percentage. Others have announced renewable-energy targets, carbon-neutral operations, sustainable supply chains or long-term Net Zero goals. But one question has remained more difficult than making the announcement itself: What happens after the promise is made? That question has now become more important with the launch of India’s Net Zero Portal , a national digital platform designed to bring voluntary Net Zero commitments and progress onto a common platform. Launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 16 September 2026 , the portal provides organisations with a structured mechanism to register their Net Zero commitments, disclose greenhouse-gas emissions, identify their target year, describe their transition strategy and report progress over time. The launch took place alongside the new National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) Dashb...
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Deep-Sea Mining: The Next Great Environmental Battle

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F or decades, the deep ocean existed largely outside the everyday imagination of society. It was remote, dark, extraordinarily deep and technologically difficult to access. Beneath kilometres of seawater, however, lies an immense geological and biological world that is increasingly attracting the attention of governments, mining companies, technology developers and environmental organisations. The reason is simple: the deep seabed contains enormous deposits of minerals such as manganese, nickel, cobalt and copper, materials that are increasingly important to batteries, electricity grids, renewable-energy technologies, electric vehicles, electronics and modern industry. As countries race to decarbonise their economies while simultaneously trying to secure critical mineral supply chains, the ocean floor is being transformed from a scientific frontier into a potential industrial frontier. Yet the prospect of mining the deep sea has created a profound environmental dilemma. The same minera...
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Location: India
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Neelakurinji 2026: The Twelve-Year Miracle and the Responsibility to Protect the Blue Mountains

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As the Western Ghats witness another extraordinary flowering, a deeper question emerges: can we experience rare natural beauty without damaging the ecosystem that creates it? There are natural events that belong to the rhythm of ordinary seasons, and there are others that seem to follow an entirely different measure of time. The flowering of Neelakurinji , scientifically known as Strobilanthes kunthiana , belongs to the second category. For years, the plant grows quietly in the high mountains of the Western Ghats, largely unnoticed. Then, for a brief period, thousands of plants can flower together, transforming hillsides into extraordinary shades of blue, violet and purple. In 2026, that remarkable spectacle has returned to parts of the Munnar landscape. The flowering is particularly prominent in areas associated with the Mattupetty–Korandakkad region and Chokramudi , attracting visitors eager to witness a natural event that, for particular populations, follows an approximately twelve-...
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