Infrastructure and the struggle to adapt to climate change in the Himalayas
By Karine Gagné. In recent years, scholars have produced a number of critical studies on how communities adapt to climate change. Based on interventions developed and deployed by institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank, or large non-governmental organisations (NGOs), many have adeptly argued that climate change adaptation is too often a technocratic […]

India and the 1.5°C warning: The power of political targets
By Elizabeth Chatterjee. From the Paris Agreement’s 2°C collective mitigation goal to the EU’s 20-20-20 plan, numerical targets have become a hallmark of environmental governance. Such targets appear precise and objective, but the reality is often more complex. The 2°C target stems from a set of back-of-the-envelope calculations and political judgements, while the recent IPCC […]