{"id":22602,"date":"2026-08-12T08:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/?p=22602"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:39:05","slug":"witness-2-26-what-counts-as-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/publication\/22602\/witness-2-26-what-counts-as-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness 2.26 | What counts as evidence?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1241\" height=\"1754\" title=\"final_2.26 Witness gpindia_page-0001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22605\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7075328576793091;width:389px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001.jpg 1241w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001-966x1366.jpg 966w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/e43408dc-final_2.26-witness-gpindia_page-0001-241x340.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1241px) 100vw, 1241px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every quarter leaves behind evidence. Someone has to gather it. Someone has to preserve it. Someone has to make sure it isn&#8217;t forgotten.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, it takes the form of reports and research. But, what if it also lives in a worker&#8217;s testimony, a mural painted on Labour Day, a rap song, a public installation, or a city choosing to laugh at the absurdities it has quietly learned to live with?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witness 2.26 captures a quarter where communities faced the climate crisis and document it as evidence. Bengaluru Rising transformed April Fool&#8217;s Day into a city-wide conversation about broken urban planning, drawing national attention to the everyday frustrations people have quietly learned to accept. In Delhi, residents, workers, artists, researchers, and allies built a growing body of evidence on extreme heat through public murals, neighbourhood heat mapping, community diaries, exhibitions, music, and the&nbsp;<em>Standing the Heat<\/em>&nbsp;report. Together, these efforts helped shift the conversation from temperatures and weather forecasts to the lived realities of climate change.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This edition also follows the wider stories shaping our work, from landmark court judgments on walkability and urban forests to growing momentum for clean air, climate accountability, and a just transition. It is a record of a quarter that asked a simple question:&nbsp;<strong>what happens when communities begin building the evidence needed to shape the future they deserve?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/08\/3466021c-final_2.26-witness-gpindia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every quarter leaves behind evidence. Someone has to gather it. Someone has to preserve it. 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