Transitions Research will shed light on radical transformations that will shape India’s long-term future.
Our mission is to discover sustainable transition pathways for India’s future by conducting policy and action research, filling knowledge gaps, co-creating solutions and enabling citizen engagement.
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Urban Wetlands Are Not Wastelands; They Are Essential For Net-Zero and Climate Resilient Cities
Conserving urban wetlands and integrating them into communities is extremely crucial for India’s carbon sequestration and climate resilience goals.

Why gearing towards net zero with low carbon lifestyles is crucial
There is an urgent need to reimagine a sustainable future with an environmentally conscious lifestyle at the individual, household and community levels.
The City as a Laboratory – Urban Living Labs for Resilience Planning
Transitions Research hosted our first dialogue in our series Talking About Transitions on Urban Living Labs. This blog highlights some of the key takeaways from our event held in July 2022
Climate Adaptation in Resilient Cities: Explorations in South Asia
Transitions Research and Forum for the Future organised a workshop at the Global Gobeshona Conference in March 2022 to explore how scenarios of different climate adaptation strategies could transpire.
Discovering Just & Sustainable Transition Pathways for India’s Future.
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Talking About Transitions: Dialogue #2 – Gendered Perspectives on Urban Resilience
Our second dialogue in our series Talking about Transitions was hosted on World Cities Day to discuss how gender transformative approaches can help build more resilient cities in India.
Four Radical Transitions
We focus on four radical transitions – low carbon and climate resilient development; smart and inclusive urbanisation; safe and responsible digitalisation, and sustainable and equitable food systems. Radical shifts in socio-technical systems, human values and politics need to be imagined. Incremental change will not do.

Low Carbon Society
Climate change is a problem of collective societal action. How do we deeply and rapidly alter politics, norms, attitudes and incentives to act?

Future Cities
The growth of mid-sized cities is likely to shape India’s urbanisation story. How can we build Future Cities that are inclusive, climate resilient and technologically smart?

Digital Society
The future of societal and political participation, environmental sustainability, economic prosperity and good work depend on how we make sense of digital technologies. How do we ensure that digitalization is socially just, equitable and sustainable?

Future of Food
The changing food production, distribution and consumption patterns have significant impact on nature and communities. How do we ensure these changes are ecologically sustainable and equitable?