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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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.
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
Public engagement
IN THE NEWS
Monitoring India’s clean air programme needs reimagining, suggests analysis
Mongabay India | 14 January 2026
“Right now, our air quality standards are substantially higher than what is globally considered acceptable by the World Health Organisation and are not necessarily fully aligned with what the evidence also tells us with respect to health” – Bhargav Krishna spoke to Mongabay India.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
Epistemic Uncertainties and the Politics of Scientific Knowledge in Environmental Governance
15-16 Dec 2025
Sony R K co-convened a panel with Ranjith Kallyani (Assistant Professor, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, HP) at the First STS India Network Conference “Co-Shaping of Science, Technology, and Society in India”, organised by OP Jindal Global University and STS India Network in collaboration with IIT Delhi. The panel examined how scientific knowledge in environmental governance is shaped by uncertainty, power, institutional interests, and socio-political contexts, challenging the notion of science as a neutral or singular authority in decision-making.
IN THE NEWS
What is causing air pollution in Bengaluru?
Unboxing Bengaluru and Bengawalk | 10 December 2025
“It is estimated that air pollution is the number one risk factor for ill health in India and that the impact on the GDP of India is some 30-odd billion dollars a year. Those who lack the social protection measures or the financial means necessary to be able to miss work, for instance, if they’re feeling unwell, lose out on daily wages. So the construction industry, for instance, is hugely dependent on informal labour. Missing work means missed income for labourers but also slowing deadlines for the construction industries” – Bhargav Krishna spoke in, ‘What is causing air pollution in Bengaluru?’, a docuseries investigating the visible and invisible ways poor AQI is affecting the city’s residents, and overall standard of living.
