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The science, the stakes, the solutions, all in one place. Written for anyone who cares and wants to understand, by a climate optimist who has spent a decade working on the ground in India.

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India is on the frontline.
Here's what the numbers say.

By 2100, up to 36% of Himalayan glaciers could be gone. Sea levels around Mumbai are already rising 2.4 mm every year. Over a million Indians die annually from air pollution. These are the numbers that made writing this book feel necessary.

India Climate Risk Index 2020, infographic by #sustainably and Thought Over Design

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36%

of Himalayan glaciers at risk of vanishing by 2100. That's India's primary freshwater source at stake.

194M

Indians projected to face extreme heat stress by 2030, one of the highest exposure rates in the world.

1M+

deaths recorded every year in India from outdoor air pollution, a crisis hiding in plain sight.

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What's inside

52 pages. Five chapters. No jargon, no scaremongering. A clear picture of what's happening, and what you can do about it.

Chapter 01

Climate Change: Just Another Trend?

Climate and weather are not the same thing. This chapter lays the foundation: what's actually changing, why it matters, and how we got here.

Page 07

Chapter 02

Greenhouse Effect: Behind the Scenes

A plain explanation of how the greenhouse effect works, which gases drive it, and what India's own emissions data tells us about our place in the story.

Page 10

Chapter 03

Global Warming: The Truth Unveiled

From the Himalayas to the coastlines, global warming is already reshaping life in India. This chapter shows what's unfolding, and why the window to act still matters.

Page 15

Chapter 04

What is Footprints Offsetting?

Carbon footprint, carbon neutrality, offsets: words you have heard but never had properly explained. This chapter makes them concrete and connects them to the choices you make every day.

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Chapter 05

Solutions to Fight Climate Change

Diet, transport, energy, fashion, trees. Real actions at every scale. The most hopeful chapter in the book, and the one most people read twice.

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Bonus

FAQs and India Focus

Answers to the questions people actually ask, plus a focused look at India's role and responsibility in the global climate story.

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What the press
is saying.

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Outlook India · Elle India · NewsBytesApp · India Education Diary · Current Affairs Adda

"Explains the impact of climate change and aims to motivate readers to reduce its outcome with the help of simple sustainable solutions."

Current Affairs Adda

"Very precise, yet poignant. Today's children who read it will be tomorrow's adults."

Goodreads Review

"New e-book explores the impact of climate change."

Outlook India
4.67 / 5 on Goodreads
"This isn't an academic book but an exciting mix of facts, data, and truth about climate change, from the perspective of a climate change optimist."
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