National Energy Conservation Day 2025 - Go Solar!
Tamil Nadu mandates EV chargers in parking, but coal-heavy grid power makes ‘clean’ travel misleading. True conservation means generating clean energy, reducing grid dependence, and cutting fossil fuel demand. Charge EVs with solar—conservation starts at the source.

Human Rights Day 2025
Human rights cover our everyday essentials: the right to breathe clean air, access safe water, live with dignity, and have a voice in the decisions that shape our lives. This #HumanRightsDay, let’s recognise that protecting the planet, ensuring justice, and upholding accountability are all part of protecting human rights.

Burning fossil fuels releases long stored carbon that heats up our planet
#FossilFuels contain carbon stored deep within Earth’s history & burning them releases gases that intensify the #GreenhouseEffect. Reducing our dependence on these fuels and transitioning to #RenewableEnergy is essential for stabilising global temperatures & safeguarding the future.

Helsinki vs Chennai - Design, not blame
In Helsinki, safety isn’t left to chance, it’s designed into every street.
The city has reimagined its streets by narrowing roads, widening pavements, adding trees, and building over 1,500 km of dedicated cycling paths - all to make walking and cycling safer and more inviting.
Chennai can take inspiration by identifying key pedestrian and school routes, redesigning junctions for slower vehicle speeds and creating a connected network of footpaths and cycle tracks.
UNEA: there’s no planetary resilience without tackling plastic pollution
The plastic pollution crisis is threatening our health and our planet.
As leaders meet in Nairobi for #UNEA, let’s remind them: there’s no planetary resilience without tackling plastic pollution.
We need a global instrument to regulate plastics that truly protects people and the planet.
St(o)ppwatch October 2025- November 2025
With climate impacts intensifying and 2025 underscoring the urgency for stronger global action, staying informed is essential. This edition of St(o)ppwatch brings you updates on COP30’s big gaps, India’s climate-resilient development, global emissions trends, and more.
World Soil Day 2025
Cities rise on concrete, but they survive on soil. Urban soils, alive with microbes, rich in biodiversity, storing carbon, filtering water, and cooling our streets, sustain life in every neighbourhood. Yet rapid expansion, land sealing, pollution, and neglect are cutting the ground from under our cities. Every green rooftop, every permeable pavement, and every patch of restored urban soil brings us closer to a healthier tomorrow.
#HealthySoilsForHealthyCities #UrbanSoilsMatter #SoilHealth #CityResilience #ClimateAction #EnvironmentMatters
Climate Denial - Narratives that delay climate action
Crisis denial shifts climate responsibility to the future, claiming action is only possible once we achieve greater wealth. In reality, delaying action makes solutions harder and more expensive. Climate justice demands we move now, not someday.

Current News: Volume X, Issue 10, October 2025
Highlights
- Tamil Nadu Electricity Ombudsman - Grievance Analysis Report (2021–2025) - Part IV
- Tamil Nadu's first solar-plus-battery project marks major shift towards round-the-clock green power
- India 4th largest renewable energy producer at 257 GW
- Clean energy push accelerates but still falls short of global goals – and more top energy stories
- Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case
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