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At 2026 World Cup, Messi and Ronaldo may face an opponent no footballer can outrun: Extreme heat

India, June 12 -- Climate Central says 97 of the 104 scheduled matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup could face temperatures linked to reduced player performance. Nearly half of all matches have at leas... Read More


At Bonn Climate Conference 2026, India draws a line on new climate obligations as fossil fuel politics intensify

India, June 10 -- India has told the Bonn SB64 climate talks that no "new issues and obligations beyond agreed mandates" should be added to the UN climate negotiations. The statement comes as civil s... Read More


Conflict in the backyard: Community patrols cut crop damage in north Bengal, but south Bengal's farmers remain exposed

India, June 6 -- West Bengal is seeing rising human-elephant conflict as herds increasingly raid paddy, corn, mustard, potato and vegetable fields. Farmers in districts such as Jhargram, Bankura, Pas... Read More


Newly elected Bengal MLA plans to conserve Kolkata's key environmental landmarks

India, May 21 -- A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician, who won from a prestigious Kolkata constituency in the recent West Bengal Assembly election, plans to revive key environment-related ... Read More


Sundarbans to feature in Delhi big cat summit, says environment minister

India, May 20 -- The Sundarbans' climate vulnerability, mangrove ecosystem and Royal Bengal tiger habitat will be discussed at the International Big Cat Alliance summit in Delhi, Union Environment Min... Read More


Cash transfer development model to continue in Bengal under new government

India, May 11 -- The BJP's first government in West Bengal plans to retain Mamata Banerjee's hallmark cash-transfer welfare model. BJP had earlier criticised of "doles" by TMC government, especially ... Read More


Homeless & voiceless: West Bengal's pavement dwellers left out of SIR process

India, May 1 -- Kolkata's pavement dwellers, many with Aadhaar, PAN and even voter cards, say they were not contacted for the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision ahead of the 2026 West Be... Read More


Global loss and damage fund may dry up by 2027 unless developed nations start immediate contributions, warn 200 organisations

India, April 22 -- More than 200 organisations from across the world recently wrote an open letter to the board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), warning that without more contribu... Read More


India has "withdrawn" its candidature to host COP33 in 2028, an offer made by PM Modi on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai

India, April 9 -- India withdrew its offer to host the COP33 climate summit in 2028 a few days ago, sources have told Down To Earth (DTE). The offer had been formally announced by Prime Minister Naren... Read More


Green agendas hardly get space in political manifestos, remind green activists at meeting in poll-bound Bengal

India, March 31 -- Politicians across the spectrum in poll-bound West Bengal stood on the same page with environmentalists, admitting that critical environmental, climate change, and linked health iss... Read More