At the What Works Climate Solutions Summit on June 11 at Technische Universität Berlin, Aman Srivastava presented on ‘Addressing path dependence in emissions-economy models for emerging economies’ and how developing countries can better explore possible low-carbon development pathways and align future policies with their needs.

“Our climate change discourse can no longer ignore the questions of climate justice for the most marginalised Dalits, Adivasis, women, children, and other socio-economically disadvantaged groups.” – Suravee Nayak at a session on ‘Climate Justice and Marginalised Social Groups in India’ at the Ambedkar Summer School 2024 organised by the Centre for Dalit Studies and
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, South Asia.

At the 8th Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building in Asia and the Pacific, Shibani Ghosh highlighted a key constitutional challenge in India’s approach to climate change: dispersed law-making power between the Union and the states. “A complex problem like climate change requires extensive cooperation, knowledge sharing, as well as strategic partnerships across levels of governance and outside the government. Conventionally, the Indian federal set-up is not conducive to such engagements.”

Aditya Valiathan Pillai was a speaker at the Transitions Research dialogue on ‘Can We Survive and Thrive in Hotter Cities?’ held on 3 June 2024. “Grounding the heat action plans (HAP) within a regulatory structure and giving it weight is extremely important for anyone implementing HAPs such as a chief heat officer,” he said.

At the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s COP28 discussion on ‘Accelerating the Net Zero Transition in India’ in December 2023, Easwaran J Narassimhan spoke about the need for a climate law in India that’s less regulatory & more enabling in terms of being a guiding force for various ministries.

At the National Disaster Management Authority’s national workshop on heatwaves 2024, Aditya Valiathan Pillai spoke about how the financing problems at the heart of India’s heat action plans (HAPs) can be fixed using Centrally Sponsored Schemes. “There are strong overlaps between these well-funded schemes and HAP solutions,” he said.