Purnamita Dasgupta and Girika Sharma presented a paper titled ” Climate Finance for Adaptation and Sustainable Development in India,” co-authored by both, at the 2nd Annual Conference on Public Finance and Policy held at Madras School of Economics, Chennai, with their presentation delivered virtually. The conference was held on March 7 and 8, 2024. The […]

The Government of India has consistently reiterated its global climate commitments. As the world heats up, heat health is increasingly occupying centre stage during the summer months. The Global Heat Health Information Network cautions that heat is a serious human health concern and that the number of people exposed to extreme heat is growing exponentially due to climate change […]

The project team has been implementing cool-roofs as an intervention as an experiment with treatment households having their roofs painted with white reflective paint, and a control group which does not receive this intervention. Measurements of indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, and physiological parameters are being done for both groups. Our field teams are […]