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Grassroots women map air pollution hotspots, spur a coal company to curb dust

Art as a tool to enable resilience against tidal flooding

As a riverfront plan advances, ecologists warn of damage to floodplains, biodiversity

Clean fuel mandate pushes Mumbai’s traditional pav bakeries away from coal

Environmentalists concerned over size-based buffer zones for water bodies

New study highlights emerging disease risk from mosquitoes

How excess rains and poor wastewater management send microplastics into city lakes

Intense rainfall spotlights the fault in Kolkata’s aging, clogged drainage systems

A whole-system approach to cooling in a warming world [Commentary]

A heat map-based plantation programme turns into a missed opportunity

Redevelopment plan sparks fear of displacement and toxic relocation

Data deserts and drowning cities [Commentary]

Peri-urban building rush fuels urban heat islands

Urban commons shape the lives of India’s gig workers [Commentary]

Property tax revenue could help cities adapt to a hotter world

Solving India’s urban flooding crisis is not just a pipe dream [Commentary]

A path to climate resilience through city-level research and planning

[Interview] Chennai floods again after losing many blue and green spaces