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Independent research organisation analysing frontier issues in climate change, energy, and environment | New Delhi, India | Website: sustainablefutures.org | Email updates: http://eepurl.com/iDQDtA
1/3 “What we’ve seen from national as well as global evidence is that, even low to moderate exposures to air pollution, especially PM2.5, can lead to cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, short- and long-term respiratory conditions like asthma attacks, as well as pre-mature births,
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
1/3 SFC recently held a dialogue with Nazaria, a Mumbai-based collective that equips youth from marginalised communities with creative tools, to explore how extreme heat can be visualised and told through everyday stories. Sonali Verma spoke with youth and their mothers,
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
As #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, read the commentary by Isha Sharma, @aman-srivastava.bsky.social and Nikita Shukla on how climate multilateralism has evolved since 1992 — and how it can be strengthened through finance, governance, and trade.

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30 Years of Climate Talks: How Have the COPs Fared and What Next?
Explore 30 years of global climate negotiations, from Kyoto to Paris to COP30, what’s next for climate multilateralism, finance, and equity.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
1/3 “What we’ve seen from national as well as global evidence is that, even low to moderate exposures to air pollution, especially PM2.5, can lead to cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, short- and long-term respiratory conditions like asthma attacks, as well as pre-mature births,
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
1/4 “The Kerala State Disaster Management and the Revenue Department have been making efforts to support the Local Self-Government Department. However, going forward, how do we ensure that this attains more continuity, and how can it be embedded into the system itself?
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
1/3 “India must soon present a roadmap to its climate commitments, with goals to reach by 2035, which would likely be cautious, allowing it to meet and possibly exceed them. There could be a peak-emission year around 2040-45 too, allowing a ramp-down of its emissions,
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
1/2 @bhargavkrishna.bsky.social spoke about feasible and affordable solutions to combat air pollution through the building and construction sector in the panel, ‘Breathe It or Beat It: Tackling Toxic Air’ at the 17th GRIHA Summit, from November 3-4, 2025, organised by GRIHA Council.
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1/2 NEW BLOG: Global discourse on climate change has been moulded by multilateral negotiations through the annual Conferences of the Parties (COPs). This commentary by Isha Sharma, @aman-srivastava.bsky.social and Nikita Shukla traces the evolution of climate multilateralism,
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
1/4 “Adaptation cannot be assumed to be inherently just; it must be intentionally designed to address existing inequities. This requires integrating gender and human rights mandates into national and state climate frameworks, ensuring inclusive governance that empowers women, youth, and,
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
1/2 Rashi Agarwal spoke in the panel 'Pathways to Careers in Climate & Sustainability' organised by @hertieschool.bsky.social and Hansraj College, Delhi University on 29 October 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The Government of Himachal Pradesh, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, released the climate-focused Himachal Pradesh State Human Development Report on Monday. SFC was proud to be the Lead Technical Anchor Institute in its preparation. Executive Summary: bit.ly/4oCduki
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
1/2 “While developing countries should certainly continue undertaking greater climate actions – in their own interests, enabled by their greater capacities – developed countries should not demand climate finance contributions from developing countries,
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
1/2 #OurTeamSpeaks: Nikita Shukla is a Research Associate in the Climate Policy vertical at Sustainable Futures Collaborative. Her work largely focuses on climate finance, technology, and energy modelling to drive a just and sustainable transition.

#climatepolicy #climatefinance #justtransition
October 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
1/2 NEW BLOG: Rising temperatures and air pollution are not separate problems – together, they form a dangerous feedback loop driving India’s next public health crisis. Poonam Mangaraj unpacks the science behind their interplay, the policy gaps that keep responses fragmented,
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
1/3 As #COP30 nears, calls for larger developing countries to “step up” as #climatefinance providers have been growing louder. But this framing overlooks how unmet finance promises from developed countries have shaped developing countries' emissions trajectories. thewire.in/environment/...
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
1/2 What Is PM 2.5 And How Will It Affect Our Health? @nazneenb.bsky.social explained how PM2.5 particulate matter forms, its major sources, the health risks it poses, and the ways we can control emissions through better regulations, technologies, and public awareness, for ETV Bharat.
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
1/5 What does climate governance look like in the Asia-Pacific region? How can we strengthen climate governance through effective, evidence-based policy advice? What role can climate councils play in implementing NDCs and raising ambition? Join us tomorrow, 22 October 2025 at 11.30 am IST,
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
1/6 SFC hosted Shahana Chattaraj, Director of Research at the WRI Centre for Governance and Equity, on 16 October, during which she presented the findings from an exploratory study, titled,
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
1/4 Rashi Agarwal attended JETNET Annual Conference 2025 organised by the Just Transition Research Centre at IIT Kanpur in Goa on 7-8 October, where she presented a case study titled, 'Institutional Governance in Advancing Just Energy Transition: Case of Jharkhand's Task Force -
October 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
1/3 "Mapping fiscal & financial instruments across different technology stages is crucial. Policies can’t just be reactive, they need to be sequenced & stable over time to sustain investment & innovation. For sectors like green steel, this sequencing should work in tandem with strong R&D investment,
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
1/4 @ndubash.bsky.social spoke to Down to Earth on how climate governance can be reinvented, especially for the Global South - “NDCs are better understood as a focal point for national politics and policy than as a mechanism of international naming and shaming. To what extent and how can countries
October 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
1/4 What does climate governance look like in the Asia-Pacific region? How can we strengthen climate governance through effective, evidence-based policy advice? What role can climate councils play in implementing NDCs and raising ambition?
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
1/4 Our latest blog maps India’s public solar research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) landscape and analyses whether the country should align with global trajectories or carve out its own leadership. Behind the 100 GW milestone lies a structural vulnerability:
October 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 We are delighted to present our Annual Report for 2024-25. bit.ly/4pRrBUb

A few highlights from the last year:
- Released our flagship report ‘Is India Ready for a Warming World?’ –
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
1/4 It gives us immense pleasure to be able to present our second Annual Report, for 2024-25. shorturl.at/2hCya

It has been two years since SFC was established as a not-for-profit, independent research organisation – we say this with a mix of wonder and incredulity!
September 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM