Calling for accountability of the Indian state in Environmental and Climate Governance

[Prakash Kashwan]

Dear GEP-ed Friends: Foreign Policy has published an important piece connecting the pollution crisis in Delhi to India's ambitions as a global power; I had a few things to say about that.  https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/09/india-pollution-environment-air-power-threat/ (PDF attached in case you run into a firewall).

On a related topic, Ashok Swain and I co-authored a piece on the link between India's climate diplomacy and the need for domestic climate action and climate justice in India. This was published through 360Info and republished by The Diplomat.  https://thediplomat.com/2025/12/indias-climate-diplomacy-must-account-for-domestic-inequalities/ 

My best wishes,

Prakash

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Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google Scholar)
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Editor, Environmental Politics

Book: Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action. 2025.   Bloomsbury Academic.

Book: Climate Justice in India.  2022. Cambridge University Press. (Open Access) 
Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research. 2024. Nature Climate Change.

Beyond stakeholder consultations: Red-green coalition democratizes Maine's offshore wind energy policymaking. 2024. Energy Research & Social Science. (Open Access)
Globalization of Environmental Justice: A Framework for Comparative Research. 2023. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics.

[Prakash Kashwan]

p.s. Sorry about the missing PDF of the Foreign Policy report.

Happy holidays,

Prakash