Mahakumbh waste management

Mahakumbh 2025 holds lessons in solving India’s waste crisis.

The government should take a leaf out of the Mahakumbh playbook, ensuring adequate budget allocation for the establishment of waste treatment in all metros. Read more »
floods and heatwaves

Heatwaves and floods expose India’s urban policy gaps

Climate shocks in the form of heatwaves and floods are now imposing real economic and human costs on Indian cities. Read more »
renewable energy output

India’s renewable energy push hides distributional costs

India’s renewable energy surge masks land, labour and equity costs that policy has yet to address. Read more »
Climate change

Climate change is deepening poverty in India

A new study shows climate change is not just an environmental threat; it is also making poverty deeper, more localised, and harder to escape. #climatechange #poverty Read more »
India updated NDC

India’s updated NDC puts industry on a green deadline

India’s updated NDC sharpens climate targets and puts power, industry and finance at the centre of the transition. Read more »
India's new small hydro power scheme

Small hydro power push needs state capacity, not just funds

The new small hydro power scheme is a useful start, but its success will depend on whether states can reduce approval bottlenecks, share risks, and support projects. Read more »
arctic ice melt

How climate change is reshaping Arctic geopolitics

Melting ice is opening new shipping routes and resource frontiers, turning the Arctic and Greenland into focal points of great-power competition. Read more »
Floods in Sumatra and Indonesia’s growth model

Sumatra floods expose the limits of Indonesia’s growth model

Floods in Sumatra reveal how Indonesia’s growth model is straining forests, and ecosystems, threatening long‑term economic stability. Read more »
CSR spending on environment

From CSR to constitutional duty to pay the cost of environmental neglect

The Supreme Court has ruled that CSR spending in environmental responsibility is not corporate charity but a constitutional duty. Read more »
biodiversity loss in Asia Pacific

The economics of biodiversity loss: Implications for Asia and the Pacific

In Asia Pacific, accelerating biodiversity loss is eroding these services, increasing vulnerability to shocks, and creating new risks for investors and governments. Read more »