India, Pak, Nepal, B’desh lawmakers call for collab to combat air pollution
wap.business-standard.com | 29th May 2022

Ahead of Stockholm+50 and amid growing evidence about the impact of poor air quality on human health, MPs, health professionals and think tanks members from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh on Saturday proposed a regional working group to drive solutions to curb air pollution and lead with innovative climate action in the region.

Phase out use of fossil fuels, say MPs from 3 countries
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 29th May 2022

As evidence grows about poor air quality impacting human health, medical practitioners and legislators from South Asia have called for collaborative action to phase out the use of fossil fuels in a virtual event on Saturday.

India, Pak, Nepal, B’desh parliamentarians call for collab to combat air pollution
www.sentinelassam.com | 29th May 2022

Ahead of Stockholm+50 and amid growing evidence about the impact of poor air quality on human health, MPs, health professionals and think tanks members from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh on Saturday proposed a regional working group to drive solutions to curb air pollution and lead with innovative climate action in the region.

Fossil fuel linked to lung cancer among youth, women
www.newagebd.net | 28th May 2022

Addressing the discussion, Kazi S Bennoor, assistant professor at the National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital, said that in Bangladesh 43 per cent patients suffered lung problems caused by the fossil fuel burning.

South Asian lawmakers call for regional collaboration to avert twin crisis of air pollution, climate change ahead of Stockholm+50
www.bangladeshlivenews.com | 28th May 2022, 11:25 pm

In this effort, Members of Parliaments, health professionals and think tanks from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, have proposed a regional working group to find and drive solutions to curb air pollution and lead with innovative climate action in the region.

Power Cuts, Coal Shortage, Heatwaves: The Vicious Cycle Ruining India’s Climate
www.thequint.com | 29th Apr 2022

“The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change.”
This is a quote from author Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future – a fiction almost coming true as an unusually early, unusually hot heatwave, hangs over India and its neighbours.

Disaster deaths, sinking: Unprepared Kolkata face multiple climate risks, warns IPCC report
downtoearth.org.in | 21st March 2022

Kolkata is among eight megacities most vulnerable to disaster-related mortality, noted the recent United Nations (UN) report on climate change.The city also features among the 20 largest coastal cities with potentially the highest flood losses by 2050, warned the report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 

India’s first social plan for closed coal hubs aims for ‘honourable’ lives
economictimes.indiatimes.com | 7th March 2022

There are more than 290 abandoned or closed coal mines in India, government data shows. But with few alternative options, most people still depend on the planet-heating fossil fuel for a living despite years of mining destroying their crops and polluting local water and air.

India’s women and children highly vulnerable to climate change yet missing in climate policies
india.mongabay.com | 1st March 2022

As the number of vagaries of climate extremes increases, so has the disproportionate burden on women and children, finds growing evidence. Policies, however, are yet to catch up and reflect the sensitivities of the unique impact of climate change on women and children.

Along India’s eastern shore, coastal erosion is forcing people to abandon their home
Scroll.in | 14th February 2022

While some living in vulnerable areas voluntarily moved as tidal waves hit their homes, others were resettled by the government. Uppada is a coastal village in the East Godavari district, around 18 km north of the Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh.