Human-wildlife conflict is escalating in Radhanagari, Kolhapur, where the gaur buffalo are raiding nearby farms. This is spurred by deforestation, cropping changes, drought and fluctuating weather patterns.

This story traces climate-related displacement and the migration of people between Sagar and Ghoramara Islands in West Bengal. It covers the vanishing of islands, homes and livelihoods.

India’s smallest union territory, just 1-2 metres above sea level on average – and where every seventh person is a fisherman – is losing its coral reefs and facing the impact of climate change at multiple levels.

This district in Vidarbha, which for long had adequate water resources, is seeing new rainfall patterns. Now listed as a 'climate hotspot', the changes in Bhandara are bringing uncertainty and losses for paddy farmers.

Nomadic Changpa pastoralists at the high grazing grounds of Ladakh find their yak-related economy in a crisis that is driven by major climatic shifts in their fragile mountainous ecosystems.

This collection of essays looks at the climate crisis from the perspective of the poor and makes recommendations for the way forward. It draws our attention to myths around India’s stand in the global climate change negotiations, covers the gendered impact of this crisis and provides a framework for a just and effective global climate deal.