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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When Multiple Coastal Crises Arrive Together: Rethinking Coastal Adaptation & Governance in India
Discussion on why India’s coastline, exposed to compounding hazards from sea-level rise to cyclones to erosion, needs a multi-hazard approach to adaptation, moving beyond reactive, single-hazard responses toward integrated, anticipatory governance across sectors and institutions.
Global Heat & Cooling Forum: Solutions for a Warming World
The 2026 Global Heat and Cooling Forum on 20-21 April, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, will bring together leaders across policy, science, and practice to advance real-world solutions for heat resilience and climate-friendly cooling. The new Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) South Asia Hub will also officially launch, marking a step forward in regional collaboration on heat and health.
Making the ‘Invisible’ Visible: Indoor Heat, Unpaid Domestic Work, and Women’s Resilience
Co-created with women homemakers, this project documents their personal struggles with rising heat, and how women adapt with resourcefulness, finding small yet often inadequate ways to stay cool and ease discomfort. Through their voices, we glimpse their struggles, creativity, and the everyday strength that keeps homes and care going in a warming world.
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.
Public engagement
IN THE NEWS
Delhi-NCR construction curbs: Developers, workers count the cost
Forbes India | 5 November 2026
Bhargav Krishna told Forbes India that construction dust varies by city (between 5-20% where it’s an issue) and is a problem largely because construction dust management guidelines are poorly implemented. “Larger sites must install air-quality monitors, run sprinklers and wash truck wheels. Many do not,” says Krishna. “Add to that the large number of smaller construction sites where little to no dust control exists and you can see why construction dust would be a challenge.”
IN THE NEWS
India’s car scrappage roadblock
Financial Express | 12 September 2026
Arunesh Karkun spoke to the Financial Express (India) about the environmental issues surrounding end-of-life vehicles scrappage in India, pointing out that when it comes to emissions, how a vehicle is used matters more than when it was registered. He further emphasised how economic considerations ensure that consumers favour resale over scrappage and recovery, leading to a relocation of environmental costs.
IN THE NEWS
After Gujarat win, an emissions trading experiment heads to Rio
Dialogue Earth | 17 September 2026
Bhargav Krishna spoke to Dialogue Earth about Gujarat’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), “the model worked partly because three conditions came together: a highly capable technical institution in the form of the EMA and ETS, strong attention from the state government, and rapid deployment of technologies to monitor and control emissions. India’s state pollution-control boards certainly do not possess the capabilities to do so as they continue to face staffing and institutional capacity constraints.”
