Climate security of Kolkata and the Sundarbans is linked and needs integrated combat strategy: Experts
www.downtoearth.org.in | April 06, 2025

The climate security of Kolkata and the Sundarbans is intrinsically linked as the metropolis’ air and water pollution is significantly affecting the delta’s mangroves. Their degradation, in turn, has exacerbated the city’s risk to extreme weather events, claimed experts in a meeting recently held in Kolkata. They announced a 5-point ‘Kolkata Declaration 2025’, addressing the agenda.

Clear and present need to address climate migration
www.newindianexpress.com | March 28, 2025

Millions of people in India have been forced to migrate after losing home and hearth to extreme climate events. The flow is expected to increase manifold by 2050. Two bills addressing the issue have gone nowhere in parliament. A comprehensive policy is the need of the hour

No, it is not possible to clean up Yamuna in three years
www.deccanherald.com | February 22, 2025

You can pour thousands of tonnes of cement to beautify its riverfront or build biodiversity parks and paint the ghats, but as long as the focus remains on cleaning the river and not stopping the pollution, it is not possible to clean up the Yamuna.

Looking inward: Can India pave its own path to self-reliant climate finance?
carboncopy.info | February 14, 2025

As global climate finance falling woefully short, India may need to start charting its own course to sustainability – leveraging domestic resources, financial innovation, and strategic investments to bridge the funding gap 

Adaptation finance may find prominence in Union budget: Experts
www.downtoearth.org.in | January 31, 2025

If the just-published economic review is an indicator, the budget of 2025-26 may place significant emphasis on the adaptation finance linked to climate change, a senior ecological economist of the country told Down To Earth (DTE).

From Baku to Belém: Will the Rights Climate Shift to Guarantee the Right to a Healthy Environment?
www.daraj.media/en | January 07, 2025

On the night of November 23, in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, “the masks have come off” as “the governments of wealthy and developed nations revealed their true intentions—they never intended to honor their commitments under the Paris Agreement,

A new chapter: localising for impact in Pakistan
www.helpage.org | November 28, 2024

As part of HelpAge International’s ambitious localisation agenda, the HelpAge International country office in Pakistan has closed and FAID will take forward the ageing agenda with older people in the country. 

At Baku, Debasish Kumar seeks global funds & support for Kolkata climate action plan
www.telegraphindia.com | November 26, 2024

A senior Kolkata Municipal Corporation official, in two key meetings held during the just concluded COP 29 at Baku (Azerbaijan), has highlighted the city’s priority to address the increasing risk of climate change in its impending climate action plan in tandem with air pollution.

Int’l community apprised of city climate action plan
www.thestatesman.com | November 26, 2024

The international climate community was apprised of the forthcoming Kolkata Climate Action Plan on the sidelines of the recently-concluded UN climate conference, COP-29, at Baku, Azerbaijan.

India fires warning shot with rejection of finance deal at COP29
www.climatechangenews.com | November 25, 2024

As COP29 wound up in the early hours of Sunday, India’s fierce objection to the climate finance deal that was the summit’s main outcome showed its resolve to act as a voice for the Global South in wanting more international support to step up climate action, diplomats and policy analysts said.