India: Climate Change

On July 11, 2025, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ("MoEFCC") notified the Environment (Protection) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2025 ("Fourth Amendment Rules").

India has taken a landmark step in its climate policy with the operationalisation of its domestic carbon market, following the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's (MoEFCC) June 2025 notification.

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice ("ICJ") gave an advisory opinion at the request of the United Nations General Assembly.

On 16 May 2025, the Supreme Court in Vanashakti v Union of India 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1139 struck down the notification dated 14 March 2017 and Office Memorandum dated 7 July 2021 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) holding that ex-post facto Environmental Clearances (ECs) violate the constitutional right to a pollution-free environment under Article 21.

Pursuant to the announcement to develop India's Climate Finance Taxonomy in the Union Budget 2024-25, the Department of Economic Affairs...

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ("MoEFCC") has notified the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Rules, 2025 ("Amendment"), effective from 1st November 2025.

India's Carbon Credit Certificate Scheme (CCTS) marks a bold step toward mitigating climate change while economically incentivizing environmental responsibility.

The Government of India has accepted the long-standing demand of industry to remove the dual compliance requirement of Environmental Clearance (EC) and Consent to Establish (CTE) for setting up new

In a recent ruling, the TNRERA dismissed a complaint filed by M. Marudhachalam ("Complainant"), who claimed to be a homebuyer in a joint venture agreement concerning the "Uthra Flats" project in Madipakkam, Chennai.