State of India’s Environment

State of India’s Environment: Recently, On the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, the Centre for Science and Environment released its annual report, 'State of India's Environment in Figures 2025'.

• About the Report: It highlights the serious crises facing India in areas such as environment, agriculture, public health and human development which is based on 48 indicators.
• Key Findings: 2024 was India’s warmest year on record, Extreme weather events occurred on 88% of days in 2024.

o Greenhouse Gas Emission: India’s share of global emissions reached 7.8% in 2023, the highest since 1970 .

o Loss of Forest Cover: 29000 hectare diverted, mostly in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

o Toxic heavy metals found in approx 50% of monitored river sites (2022).

o E-waste surged by 147% in 7 years while plastic waste hit 4.14 million tonnes (2022–23).

o Sikkim Leads in organic farming.

• World Environment Day 2025: Established in 1972 in Stockholm and the first celebration took place in 1973 with the theme “Only One Earth,”. It is Hosted by South Korea and led by UNEP under the Theme- Beat Plastic Pollution.