New Delhi: India has emerged as the global leader in issuing Internationally Recognised Certificates of Compliance (IRCCs) under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS), accounting for more than 56 per cent of all such certificates issued worldwide, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced on Tuesday. According to the latest data.
Coastal erosion is an increasingly visible consequence of climate change in India, threatening livelihoods, infrastructure, and ecosystems along the country’s 7,500-kilometer coastline. Rising sea levels, stronger storm surges, and changing rainfall patterns exacerbate the natural process of shoreline retreat, impacting coastal towns and villages in states like West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Coastal.
The Himalayas, often referred to as the “Third Pole,” hold the largest reserve of ice outside the Arctic and Antarctic. Stretching across South Asia, these glaciers feed some of the world’s most important river systems, including the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra. For nearly two billion people downstream, Himalayan glaciers are not just frozen masses of.
Across India, water is becoming unpredictable, scarce, and contested. From drying hand pumps in Bundelkhand to sinking water tables in Punjab and flash floods in Himalayan towns, the country’s water crisis is no longer seasonal — it is structural. Climate change has accelerated this transformation. Rainfall patterns are becoming erratic, with intense downpours replacing steady.
Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern for India; it is a direct threat to food security. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and extreme weather events are disrupting agricultural cycles, reducing crop yields, and deepening inequalities between regions and social groups. The impact is being felt not only by farmers but also by millions.
