COP30 is going to happen in a weirdly difficult global environment. The trade war is not going to end. But there is good news: there is a clear recognition that we need to make climate finance work. The US tariffs are going to force people to figure out how to do that.

Urban heat is a public health emergency, an infrastructure challenge and a climate crisis rolled into one. To safeguard cities and their most vulnerable populations, India needs city-level cost-effective long-term mitigation strategies. By Sanjay Seth and Yatin Choudhary