India: Climate Change

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In a landmark decision with major implications for the real estate and infrastructure sectors, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India by a majority view allowed the Review Petition filed by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers of India seeking review of the earlier judgment of the Court in Vanashakti v Union of India.

The Supreme Court in Vanashakti v Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1703 held that Environmental Clearance (EC) is necessary for all large scale building and construction projects including educational institutions under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 (EIA Notification).

Over the past decade, there has been a growing emphasis on the need for investors to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors as part of their investment strategy.

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

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued amendments to the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022, effective from February 24, 2025.

The world is in a state of precariousness. What we're living through is thin, and narrow, and it's an urgent window of time we need to address climate change.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the Environment (Construction and Demolition) Waste Management Rules, 2025, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.