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#WATCH | Gujarat: People of Valsad face severe water shortage. They are stepping down into wells which are more than 45 feet deep with the help of ropes to get water.

This was recorded today around 9 PM in Delhi. The temperature is 32.5°C with 45.8% humidity and a dew point of 19.3°C. This means that the city is no longer cooling down at night. Both the humidity and dew point make the heat feel much more uncomfortable. The feels like temperature would be around 36-38°C. Now, think about outdoor workers..construction workers, street vendors, delivery wrkers, sanitation workers, and people living in tin roof homes with poor ventilation. Their bodies, which have already spent the entire day exposed to extremes heat without any cooling, never get to recover. The heatwave has now become a public health and urban planning crisis. Picture @vichitrvichar

Heat waves in India are becoming longer, stronger, and more frequent. Our research paper explores how the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences extreme temperature events across India and intensifies heat wave conditions during El Niño years. Key insights: • Higher heat wave frequency during El Niño • Increased temperature anomalies across Northwest & Central India • Longer heat wave duration and wider spatial spread • Growing climate risks in a warming world Understanding ENSO is crucial for improving heat wave prediction, preparedness, and climate resilience. #heatwave #enso #elnino #climatechange #extremeweather #indiaweather #meteorology #climatescience #research #MAUSAMJournal @moesgoi @airnewsalerts @DDNational @ndmaindia @ICRER_MHA

India’s factory workers abandon jobs as city life gets too expensive ft.trib.al/oG4UBuv

Today, CSE launches “Let’s Be Water Wise in a Climate-Risked World” 💧🌍 A campaign to bring water back to the centre of public discourse and action. We begin with a 37-second film we created over two decades ago, directed by @nanditadas. It carries a simple, poetic, and urgent idea: Catch water where it falls. This public service film helped spark a global conversation around rainwater harvesting, earning international recognition including: Grand Prix – Environfilms (2006) Best Short Film – FICA, Brazil (2005) Best Short Film – Torino Film Festival, Czech Republic Why revisit it now? Because what was once a solution is now a necessity. With 2026 expected to be shaped by a ‘super’ El Niño, water stress is no longer a distant risk; it is unfolding around us. Over the coming weeks, we will bring you: ▶️ Ground-level reportage and Down To Earth stories ▶️ Data-driven infographics and interactives ▶️ A curated bouquet of films, starting with this award-winning classic. All anchored in a principle CSE has long championed: Capture, conserve and reuse water— starting where it falls. 🎬 Watch the film that started the conversation. @down2earthindia | @sunitanar

Last year, I wrote about how India’s forests were disappearing - not on paper, but on the ground. The connection to increasing heat is hard to ignore: as forest cover shrinks, natural cooling weakens, making extreme heatwaves even more intense. dialogue.earth/en/forests/ind…

89000 children engaged in Child Labor in Telangana- one of the most afflent states in India. Let that sink in. Highest incidence of Child labor among ST and SC communities. In India, if you dont understand caste, you can understand 'development.' thenewsminute.com/telangana/8900…

I'm not a commie or some hippie environmentalist, but there is something wrong with an economic system that encourages the destruction of over 50,000 sq. miles of Indonesian rainforest to produce palm oil. That's an area the size of Pennsylvania, the only habitat for endangered orangutans, being destroyed so we can produce billions of Oreo cookies and millions of jars of Nutella.

WTO MC14: Key conference outcomes; US stance drives deadlock Talks collapse over e-commerce moratorium, to resume in Geneva @TrishantDev @rudrathavinashi @CSEINDIA downtoearth.org.in/economy/wto-mc…

At the WTO ministerial, learning that ‘moratoriums’ are doing serious heavy lifting. The flexibilities earlier resisted are now essential - for AI Good read: knowledgegov.org/the-moratorium…

The World Trade Organization’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) opened at the Palais des Congrès, bringing together delegations from 166 member countries @TrishantDev & @rudrathavinashi report from Yaounde downtoearth.org.in/economy/wto-mc…

Trade-climate linkages are emerging as a central issue at various fora, and WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference needs to reckon with this, write @TrishantDev & @rudrathavinashi from @CSEINDIA downtoearth.org.in/climate-change… #WTOMC14 #Trade #Climate

📢New climate-trade brief out now! 📰 Our new agenda-setting brief, co-authored with @AFPHAfrica, lays out key gaps in the current trade-climate regime and the principles for shaping a more equitable and development-centric approach. Read the brief: cseindia.org/an-equitable-t…

📢 Dashboard update As of March 2026, 393M carbon credits have been issued across 948 projects in India. CSE’s one-of-a-kind voluntary carbon market (VCM) dashboard covers carbon offset projects across India and who is developing them. Access here: cseindia.org/page/vcmdashbb…

Glass pieces, plastic fragments and stones: now on the menu at Mumbai's municipal schools under the PM Poshan Shakti Yojana.

My obituary for Habermas in @jacobin jacobin.com/2026/03/haberm…

Today was the day to show the world that in times of emergency, commodity prices are anything but rational. They are the manifestation of animal spirits inspired by whatever Trump said last. That’s why it’s bad economic policy to let price explosions ripple through the economy.

For centuries, to justify colonialism, western states promoted the lie that they bequeath the rule of law on lawless, uncivilised nations. Now the instrumentality of international law is openly admitted. The west admits its own lawless barbarism. 1/2 archive.ph/v29yt

@SStapczynski Will the substitution be that significant in India's case? Gas is about 2-3% of India’s power mix and most LNG goes to fertiliser/CGD rather than power. The direct impact on India’s generation mix is likely limited.

Asia's coal prices jumped to the highest level since 2024 ⚠️🪨 👉 The massive Qatar LNG outage is going to force Asian consumers to use more coal. Most of Qatar's LNG goes to China and India -- big coal users 📈 Newcastle coal futures, the Asian benchmark, +8.6% to $128.70/ton

🎙️Carbon Politics Ep 9 is out: Unpacking the Trade-Climate Nexus How is the trade-climate nexus evolving & what does this mean for the Global South? @TrishantDev speaks to Dr. Rob Davies, former Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa. Watch now ⬇️ youtu.be/mlLG5Sxs_sE?si…