India is one of the top 10 highest climate-impacted countries in the world: global report published in Belem
Globally 9,700 extreme weather events between 1995 and 2024 caused more than 830,000 fatalities and led to loss of over USD 4.5 trillion
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COP 30: India global topper in greenhouse gas emission rise during 2023-24: UN report
- by Jayanta Basu, Bonn
- November 6, 2025
India has also failed to submit new emission cut commitment within scheduled deadline before Belem summit
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Air pollution killed 1.7 million across India during 2022, up 40 percent since 2010: Lancet
- by Jayanta Basu, Bonn
- October 29, 2025
Fossil fuel caused nearly half of the deaths in India; global heat- linked deaths on the rise
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Twelve years after being trafficked, a Sundarban woman stopped possible trafficking of a local girl
- by Chandrima S. Bhattacharya
- September 15, 2025
Basanti block, where the survivor lives, is a severely climate-vulnerable zone and among the most trafficking-prone areas of West Bengal
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Belem to be a turnaround COP despite global political and economic instability: COP 30 president
- by Jayanta Basu, Bonn
- September 9, 2025
Baku to Belem roadmap, how the fund support can reach from 300 billion USD to 1.3 trillion USD annually, is ready
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Road to COP 30: Belem must focus on Sundarban, say experts
- by The Plurals News Network
- September 4, 2025
Kolkata curtain raiser outlines priorities for Bengal at November Brazil summit; eye on adaptation finance, air pollution
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India at 79: Northeast is a heaven turning into hell, thanks to unplanned development
- by Biswendu Bhattacharjee
- August 26, 2025
Climate change piggybacks on environmental challenges as construction becomes rampant
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Hindu Kush Himalaya in crisis, 80 percent glaciers may melt within 8 decades
- by Jayanta Basu, Bonn
- June 25, 2023
According to a global report published recently, Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65 per cent faster in 2010-19 compared to the previous decade and ‘floods and landslides are projected to increase over the coming decades’ The Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which encompasses the highest mountain ranges in the world and contains the largest volume of ice on
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A cyclonic circulation is brewing in Bay of Bengal, to affect in second week of May: IMD
- by Jayanta Basu, Bonn
- May 3, 2023
A cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal in early May, according to a forecast made by India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday. As of now, IMD has predicted only the formation of a low pressure area; various models predict that the circulation may turn into a severe cyclone in
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COP 27: World Meteorological Organization rings alarm on day 1; both concern and hope for Sundarbans
- by Jayanta Basu, Bonn
- November 8, 2022
COP 27, at Sharm-El-Sheikh; Egypt, gets underway with a stark warning and a sharp reminder that climate change is becoming more threatening with every passing year. India with neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh have been identified as being most impacted in ongoing 2022; and the data suggests that lowly placed coastal areas like Sunderbans are likely