Research, essays and investigations from The Climate Desk - the science of a changing climate, the markets pricing it, the policy chasing it, the culture living it, and the craft of communicating it. Sourced, dated, and short enough to read on a plane.
A Climate Desk interview with Prof. Vijay Natarajan of IISc, whose mathematics tracks the storm cells and ocean currents behind Kerala's August floods, and names the interpretation layer India's early-warning stack is missing.
A five-piece investor and policy brief on why European infrastructure and bodies are failing at temperatures the Gulf and South Asia absorb routinely. Published fortnightly through mid-September.
Every piece here lives in one theme, from the physics to the money to the way it is told.
The physical story - heat, floods, forecasting and the research that explains what the climate is doing to India.
How carbon, energy and the transition get priced, traded and invested in - from CCTS and Article 6 to the grid.
What Indian and international regulators are about to require, and the policy signals that shape corporate plans.
How people live with a changing climate - essays on care, apathy, work and raising children inside it.
How organisations say what they do - narrative audits and communication built to survive scrutiny.
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A Climate Desk interview with Prof. Vijay Natarajan of IISc, whose cloud-tracking and ocean-visualization mathematics frame the resolution gap behind Kerala's August floods, and the interpretation layer India's early-warning stack is missing.
Article 01 of the Europe-India Climate Series. A 1,200-word brief on why European infrastructure and bodies are failing in heat that the Gulf and South Asia absorb routinely, and what that means for Indian boards, insurers and investors over the next decade.
A board-level intelligence report on India's accelerating heat exposure - what it means for productivity, capital, supply chains, and corporate climate strategy ahead of the 2026 peak summer.
Strategic analysis of the 203 GW grid crisis, thermal-RE gaps, and the ₹3.4 lakh crore infrastructure investment required.
Why Himachal Pradesh's climate exposure is India's exposure. A restoration-economy thesis linking produce, tourism, and capital - the umbrella synthesis to The Climate Desk's Himachal investigation.
A conversation with Dr Christian Haberli on trade law, climate finance, and why the WTO cannot see carbon.
Microsoft's pause on carbon removal purchases is not a corporate anomaly. The data show the concentration risk was documented, quantified, and reported for three years before it arrived.
The definitive strategic guide for Indian boards navigating carbon compliance and international market opportunities.
Complete investor's guide to India's $1.4B carbon market opportunity.
Strategic roadmap for India's energy transition and decarbonisation pathways.
Five regulatory instruments the ₹20,000 crore CCUS Mission cannot substitute - policy analysis on pore space law, sequestration incentives, and test infrastructure.
India's third Nationally Determined Contribution decoded in charts and data - targets, timelines, sector pledges, and what it means for corporate India.
How the intersection of climate, geopolitics, and economic fragility reshapes risk for Indian enterprises.
Every climate treaty ever signed has a missing line - the world's militaries collectively emit more greenhouse gases than all but two nations.
Comprehensive analysis of India's green jobs landscape aligned with Net-Zero 2070 goals.
The psychology of climate apathy. It is not indifference and not ignorance: peer-reviewed research shows that concern delivered as moral reproach measurably lowers the behaviour it demands. Six scholars, four charts, and what it means for anyone trying to move an audience on climate.
A reading curriculum of twenty-four books for the 21st century Indian family. A white paper circulated as part of a study for NIAS, Bangalore.
The planet's most urgent crisis demands its most essential workers. Yet those who protect the Earth are among the least protected.
32 live LinkedIn job postings. 96% had 100+ applicants. 0 hired the right person. A data-led audit of India's communications talent market, the failure modes, and a 7-question diagnostic before your next hire.
Strategic frameworks to transform carbon compliance into competitive advantage.
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