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From reviving traditional crops to climate-proofing infrastructure: How 5 Indian communities are adapting to climate change

Here's how Indian communities are adapting to the realities of climate change.

Here's how Indian communities are adapting to the realities of climate change. Image: Council on Energy, Environment and Water

Pooja Chhabria
Digital Editor, World Economic Forum
Milan Jacob
Communications Specialist, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
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India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a news conference at the end of G20 finance ministers' and Central Bank governors' meeting on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar
India assumed the yearlong G20 presidency in December 2022. Image: REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar

Jayachandran and his daughters, who had to watch their house swept away during the 2018 Kerala floods, sit in front of their new home in Kerala’s Idukki district.
Jayachandran and his daughters, who had to watch their house swept away during the 2018 Kerala floods, sit in front of their new home in Kerala’s Idukki district. Image: Shawn Sebastian, January 2022

Rajendra Sitaram Khapre, a farmer from Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, buries an earthen pot beside a pomegranate plant.
Rajendra Sitaram Khapre, a farmer from Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, buries an earthen pot beside a pomegranate plant. Image: Milan George Jacob, September 2021

Shiv Prakash and his family, who are farmers, live in Govindpura — a village near Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Shiv Prakash and his family, who are farmers, live in Govindpura — a village near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Image: Shawn Sebastian, April 2022

 Farmers in Belpada village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district hold hybrid crops destroyed by floods.
Farmers in Belpada village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district hold hybrid crops destroyed by floods. Image: Shawn Sebastian, October 2022.

Youth groups along with community members from Ambojwadi, a slum in north western periphery of Mumbai, gather to discuss the climate crisis.
Youth groups along with community members from Ambojwadi, a slum in north western periphery of Mumbai, gather to discuss the climate crisis. Image: Milan George Jacob, September 2021
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