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Sinking city: Climate risk, adaptation and urban governance in Mumbai

Mumbai’s geography makes it one of the cities most vulnerable to climate change. Mitigation and adaptation should be at the forefront of its governance but institutional actors have largely failed. Top-down policies and the Mumbai Climate Action Plan, a non-statutory…
By Ruchira PaulApril 5, 2024
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  • COP28
  • Sustainability

After COP28: The implications for India’s cities and vulnerable communities

For the millions in India’s cities, the recently-concluded annual climate summit, or COP28, appears inconsequential and detached from their lived realities of…
By Aravind UnniDecember 29, 2023
  • Climate Change
  • COP28
  • Sustainability

India must lead the climate conversation on mitigation, with urgency

Climate change negotiations mean little unless India is prepared to commit to phasing out fossil fuels and evolve a clear framework on…
By Harish BorahDecember 29, 2023
  • Climate Change
  • COP28
  • Sustainability

Climate and health: Historic COP28 declaration but India has miles to go

Climate change has wreaked havoc with people’s health all over the world for decades but this theme got its due space at…
By Shweta NarayanDecember 29, 2023
  • Climate Change
  • COP28
  • Sustainability

COP28 skirts climate justice, shies away from phasing out fossil fuels

Although COP28, hosted by the oil-producing nation of UAE and controversial in some measure, important decisions and initiatives were launched to reduce…
By Shailendra YashwantDecember 29, 2023
  • Climate Change
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The best of QoC 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, it is customary to compile year-end lists of the work done throughout the year. At Question…
By Team QoCDecember 29, 2023
  • QoC-CANSA Fellowship
  • Climate Change
  • Health

Delhi’s double whammy of heat and polluted air demands review of Heat Action Plan

If air pollution is hazardous and deadly for people, then poor quality air combined with high temperatures is worse, as seen in…
By Hrushikesh Patil and Sejal PatelDecember 15, 2023
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  • Climate Change
  • Housing

Ignoring the right to shelter keeps Dhaka’s poor cornered

Severely affected by climate change in their homes, between a thousand and 2,000 people migrate to Dhaka every day in search of work. The continued migration from rural Bangladesh has transformed the city into a super-dense place, housing nearly 44…
By Sadiqur RahmanDecember 15, 2023
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  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability

Sustainable drainage essential to solve Guwahati’s flood crisis

Assam is highly vulnerable to climate change and its largest city, Guwahati, bears the brunt of it. The change in rainfall pattern…
By Barasha Das and Harish BorahDecember 15, 2023
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  • Climate Change
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Vulnerabilities of informal settlers continue to exacerbate amid policy conundrum

Kathmandu’s squatter settlements have grown four-fold from 1985 to 2022, and they continue to expand. Mostly migrants, the squatters lack legal tenure…
By Kushal Pokharel and Chhatra KarkiDecember 15, 2023

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