Category Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Incredible India

Incredible India 2.0, 2002

The Incredible India campaign, which was launched in 2002 was the first concerted effort by India to position the country as a global unified tourism brand. The campaign aimed at positioning India as a year-round destination by unitingheritage monuments, cultural festivals, natural landscapes, spirituality and modern infrastructure under a single umbrella.

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Selling Survival: What Air and Water Reveal About State Failure

Delhi’s air crisis is not an isolated failure. It is part of a larger civilisational collapse, one where the state has quietly surrendered its most fundamental duty: safeguarding the commons.

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Health at the Crossroads: Public Health in an Era of Global Transition

As 2025 draws to a close, viewed from the window of a public health professional, the year offers a clear reminder that health leadership is not merely about systems, policies, or technologies. It is about trust, continuity, and the courage to make long-term choices amid uncertainty.
The past year tested health systems worldwide. Economic volatility, geopolitical realignments, climate stress, and workforce pressures converged to expose long-standing vulnerabilities. India was not immune. Yet beyond the dominant crisis narratives, India’s health trajectory in 2025 tells a quieter and more consequential story, one of steady progress shaped by public investment, institutional memory, and the everyday work of frontline systems.

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Fellows List & Details: EPAYF Environment Policy and Action Youth Fellowship- Cohort 3.0

EPAYF Environment Policy and Action Youth Fellowship- Cohort 3.0 | Theme: People, Power & the Planet: Reimagining Environmental Policy for a Just and Equitable Future | A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Dec 2025-Feb 2026 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning Fellows List…

What India’s Urban Contradictions Teach an 81% Urban Planet

What India’s Urban Contradictions Teach an 81% Urban Planet

Urban water shortages coexist with luxury swimming pools. Air purifiers buzz inside gated towers while pollution chokes the public realm outside. Climate extremes hit hardest those who contribute the least to the problem.

Union Budget 2026-27: Environmental Concerns Remain on the Periphery

The IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, organised a panel discussion on “The Environment and Union Budget 2026-27” under its 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of the Union Budget 2026-27, as part of IMPRI. The discussion critically examined the environmental priorities, fiscal allocations, and policy directions reflected in the Union Budget 2026-27.

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Redefining the Aravallis: Who Decides What a Mountain Is?

TK Arun When mountains are measured by committees and metres, what’s under threat is not just geology but the idea of environmental protection itself. A rose, we have been told, is a rose. Mountains are different. Mountains tower over the…

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