Jayanta Basu

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Jayanta Basu is a Kolkata-based freelance journalist

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Health

COVID-19: Disposing biomedical waste Bengal’s challenge at hand

The state is yet to follow CPCB guidelines on collection of biomedical waste of quarantined people

Health

COVID-19 outbreak: Cities with higher air pollution at more risk, say experts

Kolkata’s average exposure level was the highest in the country, because of the city’s compactness

Water

Water-stressed in India: Perception trumps reality in Bengal’s Hooghly

Locals claim they have enough water; Down to Earth found farmers extracted millions of litres of ground water every day through&…

Pollution

Double-decker buses set to make comeback — in new avatar

The new design is awaiting third and final round of clearance, likely to hit Kolkata roads in March 2020

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Loss and damage ‘fighting out’ in Madrid

Slow pace coupled with lack of focus on ambitious emission cut within close door negotiation have infuriated vulnerable countries

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Protesters thrown out of venue for opposing slow progress in talks

Protesters have repeatedly pointed out the disconnect between the reality of climate change and the slow pace of negotiations without any …

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Javadekar trumpets govt’s achievements in Madrid

The minister then ticked all boxes currently under negotiation in a business-as-usual manner without being much forthright

Climate Change|Climate Crisis

जलवायु आपातकाल, कॉप-25: भारत ने क्योटो विस्तार के लिए किया 'हां' पर लक्ष्य बढ़ाने से इंकार

भारत ने कहा है कि वह पेरिस समझौते के क्रियान्वयन पर पूरी…

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: ‘No’ to ambition raise, ‘yes’ to Kyoto extension: India

The country will like to concentrate wholly on the implementation of the Paris Agreement

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: It is market versus market in Madrid

Carbon market mechanism is turning into a big negotiation thorn

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Climate-linked health impacts not a priority yet, says WHO

Lack of funding is one of the reasons for the low priority

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: India suffered maximum number of climate-related fatalities in 2018

The report, which revealed the figures, was released in Madrid and has bolstered demands for implementing the ‘Loss and Damage’ mechanism

Climate Change|Climate Crisis

जलवायु आपातकाल, कॉप-25: 2018 में भारत में हुई सर्वाधिक जलवायु संबंधित मौतें

चिंताजनक आंकड़े सामने रखने वाली यह रिपोर्ट मद्रिद में पे…

Climate Change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: World is hotter than ever before, says WMO

Paris agreement has failed to put brakes on emission rise

Climate Change|Climate Crisis

अब तक का सबसे गर्म दशक साबित होगा 2011 से 2019 : डब्लयूएमओ

स्पेन की राजधानी मद्रिद में कॉप- 25 के दौरान उत्सर्जन कटौ�…

Natural Disasters

Bulbul ‘more dangerous than Aila’: Affected people

One week after the cyclone struck the Sundarbans, Down To Earth travels to the area to take stock

Natural Disasters

Bulbul could have damaged Sundarbans more than Aila but for the low tides

High tide would have meant saline water inundating the delta area

Climate Change

Did developing countries miss the trick at Bonn?

While going on an overdrive to push pre-2020 climate action, the developing countries have perhaps lost precious time and initiative to focus on …

Smouldering row

Plan to evacuate Jharia residents: more to it than underground fires?

Suffocating Kolkata

Air pollution has put the city of joy on top of the lung cancer map in the country

Sudden death

A mystery disease kills 35 people in Siliguri

Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

Plastic purge

Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags

Plastic purge

Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags

At a tangent

In the melee over moving Kolkata's tanneries to a new site, the initiative to tackle pollution has been nearly lost sight of. The Supreme Court …

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