India in Transition Podcast
Stories of Change, Climate and Collective Action
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About the Podcast
India in Transition is a podcast exploring how climate change, sustainability and the transition to a low-carbon economy are reshaping life in India. Through conversations with people working across different sectors, communities and professions, the podcast looks beyond climate targets and technical discussions to understand what these changes mean for the people experiencing them. From energy and mobility to mental health, culture, livelihoods and migration, each episode explores a different part of a country responding to climate change while continuing to develop, grow and redefine what progress looks like.
At the centre of the podcast is the idea of a just transition. India’s shift towards renewable energy, cleaner technologies and more sustainable systems will create new opportunities, but it will also change industries, jobs, communities and ways of life.
What makes the transition fair?
Who gets to participate in shaping it?
Who benefits from new opportunities, and who risks being left behind?
Our Hosts
Heeta Lakhani
Heeta Lakhani is a climate educator and practitioner with over a decade of experience championing youth leadership in climate policy and action. As Founder & Managing Director of The ClimAct Initiative (India), she builds programmes that equip young people and vulnerable groups to engage confidently in local climate solutions and intergovernmental processes. Heeta holds a Master’s in Environmental Studies from TERI University; she first encountered the UNFCCC process at COP21 (2015), served as Global Focal Point for YOUNGO (2020–2021), and co-founded the Youth Negotiators Academy in 2022.
Pranshu Patel
Pranshu is a climate educator and climate justice advocate, passionate about bringing participatory tools to climate action in India. He holds an MSc in Global Environmental Politics and Policy from Birkbeck, University of London, where his work focused on climate migration and geopolitics of climate change.
His research has explored climate change knowledge in India’s education system, uncovering the gaps in how climate issues are taught and understood.
Professionally, Pranshu has worked in the UK’s sustainability sector, focusing on energy and transport decarbonisation. It was during his time in London that he discovered his passion for Climate Fresk facilitation, an experience that eventually led him to build Climate Undone.
