Navigating pathways to a sustainable future by
Analysing issues at the frontier of addressing climate change, managing the energy transition, and limiting environmental threats in India and globally
Informing policymakers, stakeholders, and the public about key policy and governance levers, and their implications
Accelerating the transition to an environmentally and socially sustainable future by enabling strategic action for systemic change
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Strengthening Climate Governance in Asia – Pacific
What does climate governance look like in the Asia-Pacific region? How can we strengthen climate governance through effective, evidence-based policy advice? What role can climate councils play in implementing NDCs and raising ambition? Join us for an engaging webinar with Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and International Climate Councils Network, where we will share work on climate governance, including local climate councils, in the Asia-Pacific region. Understand the opportunities to establish advisory bodies, and unique regional and country-based considerations for effective climate governance.
22 October, 2025
11:30 am
Book Discussion |‘More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy’
A discussion of the book, ‘More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy’ by the author Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, a historian of science, technology and the environment, a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and a professor at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, with Elizabeth Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Environmental History at the University of Chicago, and Ashwini K Swain, Fellow, SFC.
Climate Finance at COP 29: What New, Collective, Quantified Ambition?
A discussion on the state of play on climate finance negotiations going into COP 29, with Joe Thwaites (NRDC), Jonathan Beynon (CGD), and Avantika Goswami (CSE). Moderated by Aman Srivastava, Fellow, SFC
Launch Event: Introducing the Sustainable Futures Collaborative (SFC)
Featuring opening remarks by N.K. Singh, Chair, 15th Finance Commission and a panel discussion on ‘Building the foundations for a sustainable future’.
Public engagement
IN THE NEWS
The NDC death loop (Part 2): Demands for ambition, disappointment and relevance in a fractured world
Down to Earth | 8 October 2025
Navroz K Dubash spoke to Down to Earth on how climate governance can be reinvented, especially for the Global South.
OPINION
Labour, Nature and Capitalism: Exploring Labour-Environmental Conflicts in Kerala, India by Silpa Satheesh (2025): A Review by Sony R K
Doing Sociology | 20 September 2025
The book offers a nuanced perspective from the Global South on how material interests, ideological alignments, institutional power, and contested understandings of nature shape ecological struggles.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
Rethinking crop residue burning (CRB) through the lens of high-resolution observations
ICAS ’25 | 21 August 2025
Poonam Mangaraj presented her work on weak linkage between Punjab–Haryana CRB and Delhi PM₂.₅, with meteorology, local emissions, and policy interventions (like GRAP) playing equally critical roles. She emphasised the need of GRAP to evolve from a reactive emergency response to a proactive strategy, alongside the need for an expanded, intercalibrated monitoring system to strengthen forecasting and guide effective long-term mitigation.
