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
Our areas
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Our events
Past Event
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
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
What food systems are, why they matter, and why changing the current system is crucial for us, our climate, and nature
20 February 2026
Sony R K spoke to the BBA students, batch of 2025, at OP Jindal Global University. He introduced approaches like agroecology, which works with nature instead of against it, and regenerative agriculture, which helps restore soil, capture carbon, and build healthier farms and ecosystems. The session was moderated by Suchisree Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Sociology at JGU.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Is India getting too hot for roti, kapda aur makaan?
Mumbai Climate Week | 16 February 2026
Bhargav Krishna spoke on health impacts of heat and existing policy regimes that manage heat action. He was joined by Rashee Mehra, IIHS and Main Bhi Dilli, Zubair Shaikh, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India, Shravya-Yerram Garuda, Women in District Cooling and Amberside Advisors, Patricia Fabian, School of Public Health; Sustainable Built Environment Lab; and Boston University Institute of Global Sustainability, and Shalinee Kumari, Dialogue Earth/The Third Pole.
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.
