Editorial Team

India's rapid expansion of data centres is raising concerns over groundwater depletion, power consumption and limited employment generation even as states continue to offer generous incentives to attract investment, according to The Indian Express.

Geopolitical risks are now being factored into India's crude procurement. For the first time, state-owned Mangalore Refinery issued a crude purchase tender explicitly asking suppliers to avoid using the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. The clause effectively requires suppliers to continue using longer and costlier shipping routes regardless of how tensions between the U.S. and Iran evolve.

Grid operators curtailed 8.13 TWh of solar power during April-June to maintain grid stability, even as India's peak electricity demand touched a record 270 GW, The Indian Express reported, citing the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's briefing to Parliament.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Delhi government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to respond to media reports suggesting that around 15% of groundwater samples collected across the capital are contaminated with uranium, The Economic Times reported.

Oman, backed by Gulf states, proposed to Iran a plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz by collecting voluntary transit fees, but Iran rejected it, reported Al Jazeera.

At least 75 people have died in floods across Assam, with the toll continuing to climb. Seven districts remain severely affected, with over 3,00,000 people across 622 villages impacted and over 45,000 hectares of crop area submerged, The Indian Express reported.

The IEA says rapid growth in solar generation is helping meet rising power demand, while renewables are set to become the world’s largest source of electricity

Through this process, steelmakers can eliminate a substantial portion of direct and indirect emissions, and reduce reliance on imported natural gas

The report recommends that adaptation strategies must be designed alongside vulnerable communities, particularly women in the informal sector

Simon Stiell, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at a press conference in Delhi on Tuesday.

The report says residents in southern India and parts of Southeast Asia lost 78 to 91 hours of sleep annually due to warmer nights

Amid a huge backlash over E20 rollout and its impact on vehicles and their mileage, the government admitted that E20 blended fuel could result in a 3-5% reduction in the fuel economy of “some vehicles”.

The Supreme Court AI Committee on the use of the technology in courts released draft regulations that include: a complete ban on using artificial intelligence (AI) to decide judicial outcomes; restrictions on AI tools that predict or profile parties and witnesses; and a prohibition on undisclosed or unexplainable AI systems in court processes

The Centre has allowed four Chinese power equipment manufacturers with factories in India to participate in government tenders ‌ for critical power projects, according to a government order.

An analysis of 37 coal plant units within a radius of 300 km of Delhi-NCR has found that 20 of them are emitting sulfur dioxide above the safe limits set by the government and the biggest polluters are plants the Centre has explicitly exempted from installing flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems, IE reported citing study by the Finland‑based nonprofit Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

The interim peace deal between US and Iran came apart as the US launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, and Iran retaliated with attacks on American allies and ships trying to cross strait of Hormuz.

Kharif sowing (rice, pulses, millets and oilseeds) took a hit with over half of the country’s 741 districts experiencing a rainfall deficit in the current monsoon season amid a looming El Niño threat.

The report says that plants are largely working, but fall short on key safety benchmarks

There is an active push for grid expansion, energy storage mandates, and fast-tracking policies for big green projects, the report said

Experts say not just rainfall but also poor urban planning is turning heavy rainfall into devastating floods

The experts say that clean energy has met 45% of India’s total electricity demand for more than 50 days since May this year.

64% of all global dangerous humid heat days recorded since 1970 are directly attributable to human-caused climate change

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