India champions fair climate finance at COP30. The nation highlights its significant progress in reducing emissions and boosting renewable energy. India calls on developed countries to fulfill their climate pledges. The focus is on implementation, resilience, and shared responsibility for a sustainable future. India is ready to collaborate on ambitious, equitable solutions.

World leaders at a climate summit in Brazil launched the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) on Thursday, securing over $5 billion in initial pledges to reward tropical countries for preserving their forests. Brazil aims to build a $125 billion fund to provide a sustainable revenue stream, an alternative to deforestation for economic gain.

World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.

The recent survey in Kaziranga National Park has unveiled a stunning variety of life, with 77 different freshwater fish species and a remarkable 108 amphibians and reptiles documented. These discoveries illustrate the park’s essential function as an undisturbed habitat and a barometer of environmental health.

These powerful tropical storms are generally becoming more intense as the world warms.

World leaders meet Thursday in the Brazilian Amazon in an effort to show that climate change remains a top global priority despite broken promises and the United States shunning the gathering. In a sobering reminder of the task at hand, a closely watched vote last month to reduce pollution from global shipping was rejected under intense pressure from the United States.

National commitments to slash heat-trapping pollution would limit global warming up to 2.5C this century -- nowhere near enough to avoid devastating climate impacts despite a sweep of new pledges, the UN warned Tuesday. Big polluters most responsible for the crisis have been urged to pledge faster and deeper emissions cuts to bend the curve back to 1.5C by the end of the century.

The death toll from a week of flooding and record rains in central Vietnam rose to 40 on Tuesday, authorities said, as another powerful storm threatened the battered region. On Tuesday, the region was reeling from the past week's extreme weather, with some remote areas still isolated by landslides that blocked roads.

The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.