Climate & Everyday Life
How a changing climate is reshaping daily life, livelihoods, and communities across India and Asia — told through the people experiencing it.
As climate uncertainty reshapes tea cultivation, Indian plantations are turning to innovation, sustainability and digital tools to safeguard future harvests.
India’s tea industry brews modern future amid climate challenges
India’s 200-year-old tea sector is adopting traceability systems, mechanisation and climate-smart farming as Assam production drops amid heatwaves and erratic monsoons — but the industry’s ability to balance productivity, quality and climate resilience will determine its long-term future.
Read the story →India’s delayed monsoon, intensifying heat signal new climate reality
Delayed monsoon rains, strengthening El Niño conditions, and factory heatwaves are converging into an interconnected climate crisis — with new research suggesting the monsoon system itself may be entering a new and more volatile regime.
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