Lessons for a Warming World: Rethinking Climate Education

Pallavi Phatak and Sunayana Ganguly, in India Development Review (IDR), take a closer look at the gaps in climate education today and how one can strengthen what and how it is taught.

IDR-20 May 2025

Pallavi Phatak is the head of climate and education at Asar Social Impact Advisors. She has more than 20 years of experience spanning school and university teaching, curriculum development, teacher education, and education research. She was a founding member of the undergraduate programme at Azim Premji University. Pallavi has designed and led programmes focused on curriculum and teacher education with education nonprofits and start-ups. She has also served as a senior project advisor to IIT Madras and the Tamil Nadu School Education Department. 

Sunayana Ganguly is the co-founder of the Climate Educators Network. Her work focuses on eco-centric development, climate education, forest policy, and sustainable consumption. Sunayana’s background spans policy, teaching, practice, and interdisciplinary research in the environmental domain. She has advised various climate and education initiatives, taught at Azim Premji University and the National Law School, and worked with the German Development Institute and the Industrial Ecology Group in Lausanne.