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The collapse of healthcare in Gaza is a damning indictment of global failure to uphold International Humanitarian Law. Targeting hospitals & medical workers is a war crime, and the lack of accountability is unacceptable. In this article for ORF, I discuss the failure of

🌍 #WorldEnvironmentDay: In our Oxford Human Rights Hub blog article, Lianne D'Souza & I analyse the landmark decision by India’s Supreme Court in M K Ranjitsinh and Others v Union of India and Others, which sets a precedent by recognising climate change protections within India’s constitutional

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, as we honour the theme,“Our land: Our future”, let’s reflect on how the land holds our future by accommodating our changing lives, our growing economies and the multiple services it bestows on us. (1/6)

This blog by Nishant Sirohi discusses the critical role of tribal communities in forest conservation and their legal challenges under the Forest Rights Act of 2006. Read: transitionsresearch.org/the-forest-kee… (2/6)

This blog by Vikrom Mathur highlights the importance of urban wetlands for India’s carbon sequestration and climate resilience goals. Read: transitionsresearch.org/urban-wetlands… (3/6)

This toolkit developed by PULL offers Nature-Based Solutions for Panaji and other coastal cities to support policymakers, urban planners, and city administrators. Read: transitionsresearch.org/nature-based-s… (4/6)

This blog series by Angelina Chamuah and Shantha Venugopal explores the human and social dimensions of AI in Indian agriculture through speculative fiction set in 2040.transitionsresearch.org/when-algorithm… (5/6)

Delving into the socioeconomic complexities of India's solar transition, this blog by Shantha Venugopal explores the disbenefits amidst promises of energy justice, highlighting the need for comprehensive research prioritizing social justice in India's net-zero journey. Read:

Vikrom Mathur Shoba Suri Aparna Roy Oommen C. Kurian Anirban Sarma Basu Chandola Swati Prabhu Ambar Kumar Ghosh Nilanjan Ghosh, PhD SOUMYA BHOWMICK .Niranjan Sahoo: Cooperative federalism is the need of the hour to take on decarbonisation and adaptation efforts to mitigate climate change. or-f.org/27821 #WorldEnvironmentDay

Constitutionalising Climate Action: India’s Supreme Court Decision on the Protection against Climate Change Nishant Sirohi & Lianne Lucia Dsouza Should analyse the decision enshrining climate change safeguards as human right within India’s constitution. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/constitutional…

🌍The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised climate change as the "single biggest threat to health in the 21st century."🌡️ Read Nishant Sirohi and Lianne’s pertinent blog, “A Warming Warning: Why Climate Crisis is a Public Health Emergency” published by ORF here:  orfonline.org/expert-speak/a…

Climate change = public health emergency 🌍🌡️😷 Why does the World Health Organization (WHO) call climate change the "single biggest threat to health in the 21st century"? 🌍 I discuss this in my latest article with Lianne, “A Warming Warning: Why Climate Crisis is a Public Health Emergency,” which was

How is climate change affecting our food systems ? Here are my thoughts on the struggle of sheep agro-pastoralists, forced to walk from Karnataka to Goa due to poor rainfall and shrinking pastures. 🌍🌾 #ClimateImpact #Foodsystems Mongabay India india.mongabay.com/2024/06/commen…

COP29, a cop-out on responsibility Biden called it a “historic outcome” & Ursula von der Leyen claimed the Baku deal signalled “a new era for climate cooperation and finance” if this is a new era, it is far from one of cooperation ⁦Vikrom Mathur⁩ orfonline.org/expert-speak/c…

Communities in the #GlobalSouth are responding to extreme heat in innovative ways. However, many of these adaptation efforts remain fragmented, siloed, and lack the necessary policy and funding support. Transitions Research, with support from the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA), engaged with

#Gigworkers operate in constant transition, from restaurant to doorstep, from task to task. In a way, cities are their offices. However, platforms do not recognise delivery workers as employees, absolving themselves of any responsibility for occupational safety. As cities

🇮🇳 India doesn’t just have a waste problem — it has a denial problem. We ignore what we throw away, hoping someone else will deal with it. This #WorldEnvironmentDay, for ORF, I argue that no policy or infrastructure can fix this unless we radically change how people

Our mountains have become dumping grounds. A lack of segregation, made worse by tight budgets, crumbling infrastructure, and a shortage of skilled workers, is pushing us toward disaster. Change begins with segregation, but it first requires a mindset shift in how we, as

London bound for London Climate Action Week! #LCAW🌍 As part of Transitions Research, I am especially excited to join conversations around societal resilience to climate impacts and the role of social and behavioural change in shaping low-carbon futures. Let’s build inclusive, low-carbon

Climate action is incomplete without behavioural change. How do we shift mindsets, shape low-carbon habits, and build a sustainable future? I’ll be speaking at Centre for Social and Behaviour Change (CSBC) 's London Climate Action Week event on June 26, on using behavioural science to drive climate action in the