Sustainability Karma Desk

Industry body pushes for bold reforms to scale green growth

CleanMax's carbon credits programme sells cleaner burning cookstoves at subsidised rates in underserved areas like Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, reducing emissions, improving women's and children's health, and powering a socially impactful for-profit business model, says Kuldeep Jain, founder and...

Record-breaking global temperatures in 2024 caused heatwaves, drought, wildfire, storms and floods, killing thousands of people and forcing millions from their homes, according to a report by World Weather Attribution and Climate Central.

The findings underscore that rising temperatures and extreme weather could alter the balance between methane absorption and release, potentially turning this vital greenhouse gas sink into a significant source of emissions in the future.

Climate change continues to be an overwhelming concern, with increasingly frequent and severe weather events threatening infrastructure, economies, and lives.

The funding will propel the launch of the world’s first fully digital, technology-driven exchange and platform for environmental assets.

A new partnership in Saudi Arabia aims to promote a circular economy, leveraging AI and tech for better waste management, sustainability, and Vision 2030 goals.

HortiRoad2India launched an Indo-Dutch roadmap to transform Indian agriculture through sustainable, tech-enabled horticulture, addressing food safety, farmer income, and supply chain transparency while promoting collaborative innovation and resilient food systems.

IICA and CMAI signed an MoU to strengthen India's carbon markets, focusing on decarbonisation, biofuels, and green hydrogen.

In her communication on COP29 or Flop29, Katharine Hayhoe, a renowned climate scientist, says that COP29 providing for $300 billion a year to help poorer nations for climate change instead of the required $1 trillion highlights a fundamental issue: "While these Conferences of the Parties are...