Category Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

India–Israel Agri-Tech Innovations and Start-up Exchange: A Partnership for Sustainable Growth (2025)

Policy Update, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Insights, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Science and Technology, Special Initiatives

The economic relationship between India and Israel has evolved strategically, moving beyond the traditional defence-centric ties to encompass high-technology sectors like cyber, water management, and most significantly, Agri-Tech. This partnership leverages Israel's cutting-edge agricultural innovation and India's massive scale, diverse market, and vast talent pool, creating a powerful synergy for sustainable and inclusive growth.

IMPRI Desk
January 12, 2026

Shallow Pockets in Cities : The Political Economy Of Services, Taxes, and Climate Policy

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Centres, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, IMPRI Research, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Science and Technology

With increased urbanisation and intensification of climate risks, Indian cities face an unprecedented challenge: how to finance the massive infrastructure investments needed to build climate-resilient futures.

IMPRI Desk
January 9, 2026

COP Under Strain: Lessons for Managing the Global Commons in a Divided World

Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Governance and Law, Insights, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Policy Briefs, Science and Technology

Opinions on the success of the Climate Conference of the Parties (COP30) range from extreme disappointment to good progress, with the truth lying somewhere in between. But COP30 provides an opportunity learn about the rapidly changing geopolitical world.

IMPRI Desk
January 9, 2026

How Stability in the South Caucasus Can Deepen India–Armenia Ties

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Strategic Studies

Inaugurating the ‘Orbeli Forum’ (November 4-5, 2025), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan convincingly flagged his Peace for Prosperity initiative, urging for prevalence of the Corridors for Peace platforms for regional development.

IMPRI Desk
January 8, 2026

India–Brazil: Biofuels and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Cooperation

Policy Update, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, IMPRI Research, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Research

India and Brazil are natural partners in the low-carbon bioenergy transition. Brazil has decades of experience in large-scale biofuel deployment, most famously its sugarcane-based ethanol program and a mature flex-fuel vehicle market, while India has moved aggressively in recent years to scale ethanol blending and to develop policy frameworks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The two countries formalized energy and biofuel cooperation through a series of memoranda and joint statements: New Delhi's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and its Brazilian counterparts highlighted SAF and biofuel collaboration in a joint statement on 21 September 2024, and broader bioenergy MOUs and bilateral instruments between India and Brazil date back several years and were reiterated during high-level exchanges in 2024–2025.

IMPRI Desk
December 31, 2025

The Decline of Maoism and Its Impact on Tribal Communities

Insights, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Impact Studies Center, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, Governance and Law, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector, South Asia Studies Center, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development

The Maoists might have been looking after their own interests more than those of the tribal people, and hindering State efforts to extend the scope of governance and development to their habitats, but they also raised a voice of protest against acts of injustice against the tribals.

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
December 31, 2025

The Air That Betrayed Me: A Personal Reckoning with Delhi’s Toxicity

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Impact Studies Center, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, Governance and Law, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Across the US and Europe, white ribbons mark solidarity with patients, caregivers, advocates and doctors. In India, silence reigns, even though 93 of the world’s 100 most polluted cities are here, and here, lung cancer is rising alarmingly among non-smokers, especially young women.

Nearly one in three lung cancer patients in India today has never smoked, and doctors are seeing women in their late 20s and 30s being diagnosed with advanced disease.

This is not a smoker’s disease anymore — it is a breather’s disease, driven by toxic air and environmental exposures.

IMPRI Desk
December 31, 2025