Paris finance meet: Momentum builds for polluter taxes to fund green transition
DowntoEarth | 23rd June 2023

Panellists discuss shipping and airline levies, financial transaction taxes and fossil fuel taxes at Pact Summit.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation launches work on city’s climate action plan
The Hindu businessline | 7th June 2023

The climate action plan will focus on 15 sectors that will cover key issues ranging from urban flooding to energy.

Kolkata set to get own climate action plan, 2nd city after Mumbai
The Times Of India | 7th June 2023

KOLKATA: The city is all set to get a climate action plan (CAP), mayor Firhad Hakim revealed in a programme organized by Environmental Governed Integrated Organization (EnGIO).

Work on climate action plan for Kolkata to start on World Environment Day
The Telegraph | 4th June 2023

Kolkata will soon become the second Indian city to have a climate action plan, after Mumbai. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is set to announce the start of work on the climate action plan on June 5, World Environment Day.

COP27: Kolkata presents climate action roadmap, announces city-level summit
DownToEarth | 16th November 2022

Kolkata was the only Indian city at the meeting on urban climate resilience organised by the Climate Action Network South Asia.

Sustainable and Resilient Communities – Kolkata Dialogue Climate Change, Health & Disasters – Insight for the G20
Akashbani Kolkata covers Kolkata Dialogue | 1st June 2023

The C20 India 2023 Working Group ‘Sustainable and Resilient Communities – Climate, Environment and Net Zero targets’ is one of the 14 official Engagement Groups of the G20 that provides a platform for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) around the world to voice people’s aspirations to the world leaders in G20.

Sustainable and Resilient Communities – Kolkata Dialogue Climate Change, Health & Disasters – Insight for the G20
Doordarshan coverage Kolkata Dialogue | 1st June 2023

The C20 India 2023 Working Group ‘Sustainable and Resilient Communities – Climate, Environment and Net Zero targets’ is one of the 14 official Engagement Groups of the G20 that provides a platform for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) around the world to voice people’s aspirations to the world leaders in G20.

Not enough funds for Kol climate action: Min
The Times Of India | 30th May 2023

Bengal disaster management minister Javed Khan has flagged the lack of central or international funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in Kolkata even though the city is in the 60th position among 206 most climate-vulnerable cities in the world.

Climate Concerns: Eco-warriors are missing the forest for the tree
The Free Press Journal | 8th May 2023

Urban tree lovers fail to connect the dots between the struggles in the hinterlands and the predicament of urbanisation and the consequent concretisation of the cities. Rarely does one hear the urban tree lover standing up or speaking on behalf of the fisherfolk and the farmers….

What is India bringing to the G20 table on climate?
The Third Pole | 1st May 2023

Despite informal pressure to bring forward its 2070 net-zero target, India is unlikely to do that at this year’s G20 summit – but the country’s energy transition could accelerate change at the global scale.