Anurit Kanti is a Sustainability Practice Consultant at Bain & Company, part of the Sustainability Practice (Product, Practice & Knowledge), supporting the practice in sustainability solution design, development, deployment & delivery, along with Sustainability Practice strategy, planning & reporting and Sustainability Practice communications & teaming. He was previously a Manager – Sustainability Specialist at Capgemini, advising global clients on ESG strategy, sustainability reporting, decarbonisation and climate action. Previously, he worked with ReNew (formerly ReNew Power), one of India’s leading renewable energy companies, where he advanced the sustainability agenda through reporting, CSR, global thought leadership, and communications. He helped the company engage with global platforms like the World Economic Forum (2019–22), COP26, COP27, and Climate Week NYC, and led its flagship Global Green Scholars Program, recruiting talent from top global universities.
Anurit is also an Adjunct Professor at the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics, where he designed and teaches the institution’s newly launched sustainability course, bringing a practical, interdisciplinary lens to climate education. He is an alumnus of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, where he led sustainability-driven projects through the Gurugram Hub and authored multiple WEF Agenda blogs on climate and environment.
He holds a Master’s in Liberal Studies from Ashoka University with a focus on Environmental Economics and served as Director on its Alumni Council. A Young India Fellow, he also holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from NMIMS.
Previously, Anurit was an international award-winning environmental journalist, writing over 350 articles for Hindustan Times and BW Businessworld, earning him the Young Environmental Journalist of the Year award at the Asian Environmental Journalism Awards by the Singapore Environment Council.
He has been featured in the 40 Under 40 list by the Indian Achievers Club, the youngest recipient at age 27. Anurit frequently speaks at leading universities, conferences, and schools on sustainability, climate change, and environmental leadership.
How shifting climate storytelling from narratives around fear and despair to focus on agency and possibility can unlock more ambitious, durable policies.
当下全球关于城市可持续性的叙事，大多几乎只聚焦于花园、公园和大片绿地。真正的自然友好型城市，应当由生物多样性与生态韧性如何被精巧地编织进我们的建成环境来定义。通过将生态置于城市规划的核心，我们能够在公园围墙之外营造出充满生机、具备韧性并富于生物多样性的栖息地。
Tres formas en las que la ciencia ciudadana impulsada por IA puede amplificar las iniciativas de acción climática lideradas por la comunidad.
Here are three ways AI-powered citizen science can amplify community-led initiatives when it comes to climate monitoring and action across the world.
Al situar la ecología en el centro del diseño y la planificación de las ciudades, podemos crear hábitats vibrantes y resilientes, llenos de biodiversidad.
By making ecology central to urban design and planning, we can create vibrant, resilient habitats, brimming with biodiversity beyond the city park gate.
From predicting extreme weather to optimizing energy, climate action increasingly incorporates AI, but it must also be used to enhance climate justice.
We must break down the barriers that keep young people from engaging in climate action, mitigation, and adaptation so they can help shape the future they’ll inherit.
Ahora más que nunca, la educación y la concientización financieras son esenciales. Global Shapers de todo el mundo buscan educar a los niños en el primer paso de la seguridad financiera: ...
Now more than ever, financial literacy and awareness is essential. Global Shapers across the world are working to educate children on the first step of financial security: savings.
Collective data-sharing, research and planning could help alleviate the health impact of smog on both sides of the border and lead to a diplomatic breakthrough
While countries recognize the importance of climate education, we are yet to see the holistic transformation of global education systems needed to drive meaningful action.
To foster climate optimism, we must take responsibility for our role in climate change on an individual, community, organizational and regional level.
No country is immune to the effects of climate change, but climate action and sustainability can provide us with a unique opportunity for global teamwork.
By 2030, climate change is expected to push 132 million into extreme poverty. But a focus on climate justice at COP27 could prevent this and aid the fight against climate change.
