The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Down to Earth magazine released the State of India's Environment (SoIE) 2026 report on February 25, 2026, at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue in New Delhi. The report presents a stark warning on planetary and national environmental health. Seven of the nine planetary boundaries identified by global scientists have now been breached, signalling that human activity has pushed the Earth's systems beyond safe operating limits. On air quality, the report finds that 85% of India's geography remains outside the coverage of air quality monitoring networks, leaving hundreds of millions without reliable pollution data. The year 2025 was recorded as an extreme weather year: India experienced extreme weather events on 99% of all days in the year, resulting in 4,419 deaths. These events included heat waves, floods, cyclones, landslides, and cold waves. The report also highlights the emerging phenomenon of eco-anxiety — psychological distress among youth caused by climate change fears — as a growing public health concern. Additionally, it flags the rising environmental footprint of Artificial Intelligence, particularly the energy consumption of data centres and the water usage of AI cooling systems, as a new frontier in sustainability challenges. The report calls for urgent policy action on emissions, air quality monitoring expansion, and climate adaptation.