Plant The Funds: South Asia’s call for climate justice
www.themorning.lk | Sep 16, 2025

Bringing together six countries in the Asian continent was the four-day Asia Youth Climate Justice Learning, Planning and Mobilisation Conclave 2025, held from 11 August in Bangladesh. At this event, environmental activists from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste gathered with a collective objective that is meant to give the entire region a leg-up ahead of COP30 that is set for November.

Skills, compliance, and coordination vital for agro export readiness
www.thedailystar.net | Aug 27, 2025

Swisscontact, in collaboration with The Daily Star, organised a roundtable titled ‘ Export Readiness of Agro-Processing SMEs through Skills Development’ on June 26, 2025. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.

Asia’s youth unite to demand climate justice and grant-based finance
www.daily-sun.com | Aug 15, 2025

Young climate leaders from across Asia have issued a powerful collective demand for just, grant-based, and transparent public climate finance after witnessing the harsh impacts of the climate crisis in Bangladesh.

Wiped off the map: How climate change claimed a Himalayan village
www.bignewsnetwork.com | Aug 14, 2025

For Urmila Parashpe, a 48-year-old resident of Mumbai in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, it was a miracle to come out alive from the town of Dharali, which was swept awayin India’s worst disaster in the Himalayas since 2013

Stakeholders’ Consultation on Just Transition in Odisha Lays Foundation for a People-Centric Climate Roadmap
orissadiary.com | Aug 4, 2025

Bhubaneswar – A landmark Stakeholders’ Consultation on Just Transition in Odisha was held today at the Syndicate Hall of Utkal University. The event was jointly organised by Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), the Dept. of Geography and the Global Centre for Rural Studies (a Centre of Excellence under RUSA-II) in collaboration with the Vasudha Foundation. 

Country actions driving climate change ‘illegal’, states should be held legally responsible for emissions: International Court of Justice
www.downtoearth.org.in | Jul 24, 2025

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations having a seat at The Hague, passed a ruling on July 23 stating that government actions driving climate change are illegal and states should be held legally responsible for their emissions.

ICJ ruling strengthens India’s call for climate justice but raises bar on domestic action, say experts
theprint.in | Jul 24, 2025

New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) The International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory opinion that nations have binding legal obligations to address climate change offers legal reinforcement to India’s long-standing calls for equity, historical responsibility and climate justice while raising the bar for domestic action, experts said on Thursday.

Many in Kolkata buy India’s first climate insurance; heat, rain & cold risks included in policy
www.msn.com | Jul 12, 2025

KOLKATA: Over 600 Kolkatans have bought the country’s first ‘climate change’ insurance policies rolled out by a private insurer offering to compensate the customers for climate-related income loss or increased expenses. Another private player and a PSU are set to launch the scheme – parametric policies in insurance jargon

India’s climate exodus has begun
frontline.thehindu.com | Jun 12, 2025

In  early June, torrential rains swept through north-east India, killing at least 46 people and displacing thousands. In Assam, over 2.6 lakh people across 11 districts were affected. More than 740 villages were submerged, and 6,000 hectares of cropland went underwater. Landslides and floods together brought the state’s death toll to 27. As transport links broke down in Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura, rainfall records tumbled across the region.

Focus on ward weather stns, clean air zones, AC temp as Kol launches climate action plan
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | June 05, 2025

Kolkata: In a defining moment for the city’s sustainability goals, mayor Firhad Hakim on Thursday unveiled final draft of Kolkata Climate Action Plan (KCAP), calling it “not just a climate action plan but a survival plan for the city and its future geneion”. Dedicating it to the citizens of Kolkata, the mayor stressed the urgency of its successful implementation to safeguard the city’s future against the growing climate risks.