Indian coffee growers forced to adapt to climate change

HANBAL, INDIA - JANUARY 29: A worker ties a sack of harvested coffee berries in an estate on January 29, 2024 in Hanbal village, Hassan district, in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Rising temperature and erratic weather patterns are forcing India’s coffee growers to change the way they farm, leading to reduced crop yields and concerns with quality, a reduction in area suitable for cultivation, increased vulnerability to pests and diseases, and frequent interactions with wildlife. These factors threaten India’s small landholding planters who account for 81% of the growers of coffee in the country, unless there are mitigation measures in place to ensure the sustainable production of the crop through improved crop, soil, and water management. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

The macro and microeconomics of climate change

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Join the Indian Statistical Institue (Delhi) and the India Sustainable Growth Hub (ISGH) for a public talk by Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia on the micro and macroeconomics of climate change.

Open to all by registration, this lecture invites diverse stakeholders - policymakers, academics, professionals, and students to attend a talk on the micro and macroeconomics of climate change. 

Climate change represents one of the defining challenges of our time, with profound implications for economies, societies, and the natural environment. Central banks and financial regulators worldwide are increasingly recognising that climate change is not only an environmental challenge but also a source of macroeconomic and financial risk. 

Against this backdrop, we invite you to attend this talk organised by the Indian Statistical Institute Delhi (ISI Delhi), and supported by the India Sustainable Growth Hub (ISGH), a collaboration between ISI Delhi and the International Growth Centre (IGC) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). 

The talk will be held at the ISI Delhi campus on Oct 23, 2025, from 5:30pm-6:45pm (IST). This event will be preceded by High Tea starting at 5:00pm, to which all are invited. 

The lecture was also accompanied by the Tenth Delhi Macroeconomics Workshop 2025. The workshop was Jointly organised by Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre and Centre for Research in Macro-Economics and Macro-finance (CREMMF)

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A photo of Chetan Ghate (Director of the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi) and Montek Singh (former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India) from the 10th Delhi Macroeconomics Workshop. Photo via CECFEE. 

For more information and the complete schedule, please visit the Delhi Macro Workshop page.

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A photo of Chetan Ghate (Director of the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi) and Montek Singh (former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India) from the 10th Delhi Macroeconomics Workshop. Photo via CECFEE.