#ExpressOpinion | As Mumbai floods again, a reminder of the need to protect mangroves indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

We outline a new paradigm for mangrove conservation entailing 🔢 quantifying ecosystem services (to reverse the trend of nature being under-valued) 🌿 building community stewardship 🔬 citizen science initiatives to give us a more holistic understanding of urban nature’s health

#HTInsight | Most Indians have endured hot summers all their lives. But what we are experiencing now is an annual living nightmare of unbearable and deadly heat that barely abates when the sun sets. (Writes: Dia Mirza) hindustantimes.com/ht-insight/cli…

At #Porambokkiyal2024, prawn pickers from villages around #mangrove forests, Pulicat lake described their traditional occupation, now disappearing. Tremendous knowledge of medicinal plants & local ecology - city dwellers unaware! T M Krishna WRI India Aaran R Patel IUCN WWF-India

Wonderful op-ed by my colleague Yaashree Himatsingka on Bombay’s once in a generation opportunity to create a coastal forest that could improve our quality of life and bolster climate resilience. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

We now have a coastal road in Mumbai but could we have a coastal forest too? Do read: indianexpress.com/article/opinio… Devendra Fadnavis Eknath Shinde - एकनाथ शिंदे Aaditya Thackeray

Research shows #forestfires in India vary by region, requiring tailored strategies. Frequent fires, attributed to climate change and land-use changes, hinder forest regeneration. Read on: indiaspend.com/climate-change…

Such a pleasure to interview my dear friend Siddarth Shrikanth about his book “The Case for Nature”. Our conversation touched upon some of the tensions between the intrinsic and instrumental approaches to ecology. #NaturalCapital scroll.in/article/107748…

Siddarth Shrikanth is both clear eyed about the challenges associated with biodiversity loss and our rapidly heating world, and also hopeful about the role this new paradigm could play in addressing these twin crises. Read full interview here: scroll.in/article/107748…

NEW PUBLICATION: Our report assesses India’s readiness for the extreme #heat of a +1.5 degree world. We examine the implementation of extreme heat policies in 9 major Indian cities - Bengaluru, Delhi, Faridabad, Gwalior, Kota, Ludhiana, Meerut, Mumbai, and Surat - which are among

🌿 Join us for Greening Mumbai: A Blueprint for Urban Renewal Featuring: Dia Mirza | Nyrika Holkar | Deepti Talpade | Radha Goenka | Aaran R Patel Moderated by Richa Pinto Register here: forms.gle/2D8kPuDQUMEt2P…

Fixing Mumbai’s annual flooding crisis requires systemic solutions, not band-aids. We’ve reclaimed land for the Coastal Road. Now, it’s time to give back to our city by building a coastal forest. Brilliant piece by Aaran R Patel Shloka Nath today. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

.Shloka Nath & I have been working w an inspiring group of citizens & experts on Mumbai Coastal Forest — currently an imagination of our west coast, but if good sense prevails, an important choice to prepare our city for the climate challenges of this century 🌳🌊 indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Do read: Mumbai’s coastal road has been a boon for commuters in private cars ; now the city needs a coastal forest to manage rapidly changing climate patterns. Cc Devendra Fadnavis Aaditya Thackeray indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

If you thought the impacts of extreme heat were limited to economic loss and a higher death toll, you thought wrong. Severe heatstroke can cause rare neurological side effects that can last a lifetime 1/4: india.mongabay.com/2025/06/surviv…

It’s time to embrace a new kind of public space. A native forest grows richer and more self-sustaining over time, encourages biodiversity, and actively improves the air quality & flood resilience while reducing heat. It is what Mumbai needs. माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC

“Despite growing public and policy awareness, the way we represent #heat—both visually and through data—hasn’t kept up. It remains stuck in abstraction and is often portrayed as ambient and impersonal, through red thermometers, empty roads, or people splashing water over their

If you had to read one thing about India's development policies this week, consider this excellent piece on 20 years of the NREGA by Jean Dreze and Rahul R. I learnt so much! ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty…

Replug | “If mangroves were lost, 15 million more people would be flooded annually across the world.” Mangroves in #Mumbai alone protect more than 150,000 people from flooding every year, the study found. scroll.in/magazine/10041… By Aaran R Patel