Cotton fields to manufacturing : When Heat Became a Hidden Disruption In February 2024, K.M. Subramanian, President of the Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA), was fielding orders from European buyers for summer apparel. TEA represents over 1,360 knitwear units across Tirupur, a…
From Shock to Stability: How Parametric Insurance Can Protect Livelihoods in a Changing Climate
Resilience in the Rann: When Heat Became an Income Risk Every November, when the monsoon retreats from the Little Rann of Kutch, the land turns into a vast white salt desert. For the Agariya community, this marks the start of six…
From Impact to Resilience: Tools, Strategies & Ways Forward
Evacuation during Cyclone Phailin, Odisha (2013). Source: The Hindu On 12 October 2013, long before most of us regularly used the words climate risk or disaster resilience, a colossal storm gathered over the warm waters of the Bay of Bengal. Meteorologists…
Is India’s Critical Infrastructure Ready for an Emerging Climate Reality?
Dear Readers, Wishing you a happy and hopeful New Year. As 2026 begins, it offers not just fresh starts but sharper clarity, an opportunity to rethink the systems we depend on in a climate that is no longer predictable. Climate Threads…