Introduction Electronic waste, or e-waste, constitutes the fastest-growing category of solid waste globally. The combination of rapid technology cycles that render functional devices obsolete, increasingly affordable consumer electronics reaching previously
Introduction Every winter, as north India’s atmospheric dynamics trap pollutants under a thermal inversion layer, the Delhi-NCR region experiences an air quality crisis of a scale that would be unacceptable
Introduction India’s coastline, stretching across approximately 7,500 kilometres and encompassing some of the most ecologically productive and densely populated land in the country, has been subject to dedicated environmental regulation
Introduction The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 was enacted as a corrective measure for what Parliament itself described as a “historical injustice”
Introduction The Supreme Court of India’s recognition in M.K. Ranjitsinh v. Union of India (2024) that the right against adverse effects of climate change is a fundamental right flowing from
Introduction India generates approximately 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, a figure that the Plastic Waste Management Rules 2022 were designed to systematically reduce through a combination of prohibitions,
Introduction Green hydrogen has emerged with remarkable speed from the periphery of energy policy discussions to occupy a central position in India’s long-term decarbonisation strategy. The National Green Hydrogen Mission,
Introduction The environmental impact assessment process has occupied an uneasy place in Indian environmental governance for nearly three decades. Mandated under the Environment Protection Act 1986 and operationalised through successive
Introduction India’s formal entry into structured domestic carbon trading with the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022 and the subsequent Carbon Credit Trading Scheme 2023 represents a significant inflection point in
Introduction The operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund at the twenty-eighth Conference of the Parties (COP28) held in Dubai in November and December 2023 represents one of the most