Climate & Sustainability

 

Climatic changes are the result of economic inequalities on the one hand and deepens them further, on the other. The constellation is an effort to bring about the discussions around politics, economics, employment, finance, indigenous communities and pedagogy of climate. The engagement will highlight the inter-relation between climate and vulnerable communities. Further, climate finance is a new tool which aims to mobilise money in the fight for climate change.

The fundamental dilemma that climate change projects have separate targets may not align well with the money making instincts of the financial sector. However they cannot afford to neglect the catastrophic ends of their invested projects. The constellation will help start discussions around climate finance and how funds can be raised to address climate change. It would also contribute to the discussions around valuation and pricing and whether we need fundamental shifts in how we value and price projects. Central to the constellation would be shifting the gaze from climate for anthropocene to anthropocene for climate preservation.

Constellation Leads

 
Dr. Manika Bora
Dr. Siddhartha Bhsker

Associate Professor, JGBS

sbhasker@jgu.edu.in

Dr. Manika Bora
Dr. Aashita Dawer

Associate Professor, JGLS

adawer@jgu.edu.in

Constellation Fellows

 
Dr. Manika Bora
Dr. Anjana Thampi

Assistant Professor, JGLS

Dr. Devika Misra
Dr. Anjana Ramanathan

Assistant Professor, JGLS

Dr. Devika Misra
Dr. Abhinita Mohanty

Assistant Professor

Projects

 

Climate Adaptation and Job Creation

A sharp increase in the frequency and intensity of such events in the country by the end of the twenty-first century is projected. At the same time, relatively high economic growth rates have not resulted in secure and sustainable employment opportunities in the Indian economy. The loss of millions of jobs due to climate hazards in the country is also projected. This project estimates the employment effects of adaptation programmes in India.

Anjana Thampi

Indigenous Women in the Global South: Legal Challenges and Advocacy at the Intersection of Climate Change and Human Rights

Works in the areas of Adivasi rights; climate change litigation and human rights violations against women, children and marginalized communities, which she explores through the lens of comparative law. She has written both within and outside academia, and her work has been published in reputed international journals such as Agenda: Feminist Perspective, Modern Diplomacy.eu, Economic and Political Weekly, Comparative Law Review, and the World YWCA. Currently Working on a book chapter titled: Indigenous Women in the Global South: Legal Challenges and Advocacy at the Intersection of Climate Change and Human Rights

Anjana Ramanathan

Pedagogies on Climate Justice

Deep-seated social and environmental injustices have permeated the fabric of our society, perpetuating and exacerbating inequalities across various social dimensions, including class, caste, race, and gender. The most vulnerable populations, who often contribute the least to climate change, bear the brunt of its devastating effects. This stark reality underscores the urgent need for climate justice, which recognizes the intersectionality of environmental degradation and social inequality. While the pedagogy of climate justice has evolved to include both scientific knowledge and a transdisciplinary understanding of climate change as well as discussion on the practical solutions that engage with vulnerable communities and empower them to organize and advocate for their rights in the face of climate change. Within the nascent field of climate pedagogies, the question of climate justice and the most effective ways to incorporate the issue is a growing and urgent question. It is a question that must engage with how to impart theoretical, emotional and practical tools to equip students to participate in the ongoing debates on the climate question A comprehensive review of pedagogical techniques proposed by diverse theorists and practitioners in the field of climate justice could serve as a valuable starting point.

Aashita Dawer and Anish Vanaik

Carbon Credits and State Incentives

The project aims to study Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) which was the first carbon credit program in India initiated by the Kyoto Protocol. CDM produced carbon credits for a large number of projects ranging from renewable energy, energy efficiency, coal bed methane etc. The project would aim to study these projects and come up with a method to understand their impact.

Siddhartha Bhasker

Climate Change and Livestock Holding: Inequalities in Adaptation and the Need for Localised Policies

Are key livestock holders equipped to deal with the uncertainties related to climate change? The chapter explores how climate change and adaptation policies have directly or indirectly influenced livestock holding patterns in India and discusses the policy landscape to protect the livelihoods of marginalised groups. The focus is on coastal states with the high vulnerability of these regions to climate change.

Shouvik Chakraborty, Debanjana Dey, and Anjana Thampi

Consultancy for development of climate co-benefit methodologies of Indian circular economy and forest programmes

Collaborator: Oxford Policy Management India Private Limited, Siddhartha Bhasker, Anjana Ramanathan, Anjana Thampi, Aashita Dawer

India, Religion and Economic thinking

Collaborator: Siddhartha Bhasker

Published: May 24’ 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5267065

Working longer hours: An economic analysis

Collaborator: Siddhartha Bhasker

Published: June 13’ 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5315689

Issuance of credits in the Clean Development Mechanism projects in India

Collaborator: Siddhartha Bhasker

The Missing stakeholders in India’s Air Pollution Story

Collaborator: Aashita Dawer

https://thewire.in/labour/the-missing-stakeholders-in-indias-air-pollution-story

Creating Enemies: (Mis)Appropriating Muslim Properties

Collaborator: Aashita Dawer

https://thewire.in/law/waqf-enemy-property-act

Primacy of Property as Devolution of Rights: Case of Women in India through the Lens of Inheritance Laws

Collaborator: Aashita Dawer

Asian Journal of Law and Society.

https://doi.org/10.1017/als.2025.10014

Pedagogies of Climate Justice

Collaborator: Aashita Dawer & Anish Vanaik

America First, Farmers Last: How trade wars risk India’s food sovereignty.

Collaborator: Abhinita Mohanty

April’ 2025: https://m.thewire.in/article/agriculture/america-first-farmers-last-trade-wars-india-food-sovereignty/amp

Calling for better ecological values: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems with sustainable policies.

Collaborator: Abhinita Mohanty

Purushartha: A Journal of Management, Ethics and Spirituality https://doi.org/10.21844/16202117103

Impact of neoliberalism on the socioeconomic life and food system of Kondh tribes of Rayagada, Odisha

Collaborator: Abhinita Mohanty

Asian Journal of Social Science, 51(3), 172-179.

From Policy to Practice: Evaluating India’s Agroecology-Focused Reforms for Sustainable Food Systems

Collaborator: Abhinita Mohanty

Land: Governance, Digitisation and Human Rights – A Comparative Study

Collaborator: Anjana Ramanathan & Sudha Kavuri

Comparative Law Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12775/CLR.2024.009

A Case Study of Three Communities – Indigenous Women, Jurisprudence and Climate Justice’

Collaborator: Anjana Ramanathan & Sudha Kavuri

Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2023.2252856.

‘Climate Change Litigation: Chronicles from the Global South. A Comparative Study’

Collaborator: Anjana Ramanathan & Sudha Kavuri

Comparative Law Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12775/CLR.2022.006

Stewards of the Sea: Empowering India’s Traditional Fisherfolk to Safeguard Coastal Ecosystems’

Collaborator: Anjana Ramanathan & Sudha Kavuri

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development

Climate change and livestock holding: Inequalities in adaptation

Collaborator: Shouvik Chakraborty, Debanjana Dey, Anjana Thampi

Towards a gendered and green job guarantee programme in India

Collaborator: Anjana Thampi

Published in Scopus journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/elr.2025.13

Extreme weather events, child nutrition, and women's work: Implications for climate adaptation

Collaborator: Anjana Thampi

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