Only 15% population lives within 10 km of a continuous monitor, says the latest State of India’s Environment report ...

When Arun Krishnamurthy was a child in the 1990s, his middle-class suburb in Chennai, India, was only half built. He didn’t have to wander far from his house to find green fields and lakes, where he ...

Each winter, Delhi slips back into a familiar emergency. A thick blanket of toxic smog settles over the city, visibility reduces, schools shut, flights are disrupted, and hospitals report a surge in ...

When Dr Soumya Swaminathan speaks about India's health, we need to sit up and take notice. The former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation (WHO), recently said that the future strength of ...

In September, Climate Crossroads traveled to Scripps Institution of Oceanography for RamFest 2025, a symposium celebrating the illustrious career of Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a visionary in climate ...

According to the 2026 State of India’s Environment report, only 15% of India’s population – about 200mn people – live within 10 km of a continuous monitor. The remaining 85% more than 1.2bn people ...

AROUND THIS time each year Delhi experiences a brief but magical spell. Spring arrives, gardens erupt in blossom, and for a week or two the sky even turns blue. The city’s 30m people stop obsessing ...

People holding banners and posters protest against Delhi’s poor air quality and demand that the government take action to curb pollution, New Delhi, India, Nov. 9, 2025. Credit: X/CPIML Liberation On ...

Air pollution in Delhi and its suburbs, which together comprise the National Capital Region (NCR), has been alarming in recent weeks. The problem is not new; it has been a recurring phenomenon largely ...

Streetlights struggle to pierce through the thick haze in the early morning in Delhi’s Seelampur neighborhood. Beneath the suffocating shroud, 38-year-old construction worker Raju Kumar coughs ...

A January report found that Delhi ranked among the most polluted cities with annual PM2.5 levels of 96 µg/m³, far above national standards.