Governance

The coming months will see intensive stakeholder engagement, infrastructure planning and institutional strengthening.

Kashmir’s mountains have always spoken through their rivers, forests, glaciers and lakes. Perhaps this summer they are speaking more loudly than before. 

For the thousands still waiting, progress measured in interviews completed or payments disbursed feels painfully slow.

For now, the message is measured: the toxins are there, the amounts are currently low, but long-term patterns of consumption deserve closer attention.

In a heating world, communities on the climate frontline cannot be left waiting years for the resources they need to survive.

Rights groups continue to press for transparent investigations, reconstruction where warranted, and stronger safeguards so that historic places of worship are not erased regardless of the current demographic composition of surrounding communities.

Low-income households, which spend a disproportionate share of income on basic staples, face the greatest risk.

Every fraction of a degree and every year avoided above 1.5°C matters for lives, ecosystems, economies and the feasibility of recovery.