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Opinion / India
Carbon & Climate
Three reasons why China wants global green leadership after COP30
China wants to lead the climate agenda on its own terms – exporting clean tech and influence, while sidestepping tougher cuts and accountability.
Food & Agriculture
India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb
India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis.
COP30 delivered gains on climate finance and forests but stalled on fossil fuel phaseout – exposing both the limits of consensus talks and the growing role of action outside negotiations.
Carbon & Climate
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
Three decades after the optimism of the 1992 Earth Summit, the climate regime faces a tough test. The retreat of multilateralism and the rules-based international order has left COP30 struggling to hold together the fading promise of global action.
All India Opinion
13 November 2025
Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
24 October 2025
Carbon & Climate
The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
3 October 2025
1 October 2025
Manufacturing
Getting to greener steel
Policy & Finance
Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist
26 September 2025
10 September 2025
31 August 2025
25 August 2025
22 August 2025
Carbon & Climate
The Global South must claim the climate mantle at COP30
22 July 2025
Policy & Finance
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
3 July 2025
Manufacturing
The delicate art of natural resource diplomacy
20 June 2025
17 June 2025
10 June 2025
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