Climate efforts don’t lack vision or direction. But in between the budgets and broken pavements, execution slips. In Bengaluru, as in many other cities in India, water scarcity, rising heat, and recurring floods are not just outcomes of weather, but of planning choices. These repercussions don’t impact everyone equally. For some, the delays are an […]

Bengaluru’s climate realities are no longer future tense. They show up in shrinking green cover, overheated summers, erratic water access, and floods that overwhelm drains and livelihoods alike. These impacts are not evenly distributed, but neither are the tools to respond. Even as the city acknowledges this, another quiet hurdle persists, with a structural question […]

The signs of Bengaluru’s changing climate are no longer subtle. Milder mornings have given way to harsh heat, cool breezes are rare, and urban discomfort has become unmistakable. But beyond rising temperatures and water scarcity lies a deeper question: who is being hit the hardest, and why? I start most mornings with a walk to […]

Bengaluru means different things to different people. For me, it’s February mornings in the early 2000s—fog clinging to the window panes, roses blooming in my grandmother’s backyard, old scooters humming past sleepy lanes. The city felt soft, slow, and sure of itself. Today, I still wake up in Bengaluru—but it no longer feels the same. […]