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The Green Ribbon, October 2026
Across the Region: Women, Climate Change, and Civil Society
Conversations and Cross-Learnings
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NIAS Global Politics Team
30 October 2026
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The Green Ribbon, October 2026
Across the region:
Women, Climate Change, and Civil Society
Conversations and Cross-Learnings
The Green Ribbon #07, October 2026.
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Contents
Editor's Note
October 2026:
Continuing our field engagement with a focus on Women, Climate Change and Civil Society
D Suba Chandran
This is the seventh issue of The Green Ribbon. As in the previous issues, the present edition continues our efforts to bring together field experiences, conversations, case studies, stories and documentation on climate change and civil society. This issue focuses on the experiences of women in the context of climate change, particularly in coastal communities, and the role of civil society in strengthening climate resilience.
As part of our focus on field-based research, it carries a study on coastal livelihood resilience in Kanyakumari district. The “Conversations” section presents an interview with women from the southern Indian coast. Their experiences highlight how changes in the coastline, loss of sand dunes and declining fish availability affect women’s livelihoods and household responsibilities.
Continuing our focus on youth engagement, the “Capacity Building” section features twelve stories of individuals and organisations working on climate action across the Indian neighbourhood. These contributions are drawn from the posters presented at the second edition of our ‘Grass Roots’ poster workshop, held in August on “Climate Action from the Ground: Stories of Individuals and Organisations across the region.” The stories cover a range of initiatives, including women’s leadership and livelihood resilience in Bangladesh, floating schools, community-based adaptation in Bhutan, climate awareness and early warning systems in Afghanistan, water conservation in Sri Lanka, youth-led climate action in the Maldives, and the protection of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge in the Himalayan region. These contributions reflect the diverse ways in which individuals and civil society organisations are responding to climate challenges across the region. They also continue our efforts to build the capacity of young scholars, facilitate cross-learning and develop a wider knowledge repository on climate change and civil society.
Besides, the issue also contains our regular “Documentation” section, as our team continues to work on the database of major regional developments in climate policy and environmental action.
For the next issue, we plan to build on one of the previous issues (the September issue), which focused on “The 2026 Nepal Floods: Responses, Challenges, Lessons and the Road Ahead.” The November issue will feature “Interviews” with civil society stakeholders, capturing their first-hand experiences and perspectives two months after the floods.
The Green Ribbon continues to deepen its engagement with civil society, strengthen field-based research, engage young scholars and build capacity. We look forward to your continued support as the initiative unfolds further!
The Green Ribbon #07
CONVERSATIONS
Coping with Climate Change: Gendered Experiences and Responses
An interview with Escaline, Ancy, Keten and Emerite, coastal community women from Puthenthurai, Kanyakumari district, on climate change, coastal livelihoods and the experiences of women in the community
Lekshmi MK
STORIES
Strengthening Livelihood Resilience among Coastal Women:
How Stella Maris Institute of Development Studies (SMIDS) is supporting coastal livelihoods amid climate and environmental changes in Kanyakumari district
Lekshmi MK
CAPACITY BUILDING
Women, Resilience and the Climate Challenge in Bangladesh:
How BRAC is empowering communities through climate adaptation, resilient livelihoods, women’s leadership and grassroots disaster preparedness
Sangamithra S
Learning Afloat:
Climate adaptation through floating Schools in Bangladesh
Deiphi Kurbah
Water Conservation, Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods:
How Tarayana Foundation empowers rural communities in Bhutan through community-based climate adaptation
Monica K
The Heroes of Bhutan:
How the Himalayan Environmental Rhythms Observation and Evaluation System (HEROS) mediates discourse on biodiversity through data
Samraksha Mukund
From Climate Vulnerability to Self-Reliance:
How ARCIO is strengthening climate awareness, early warning systems and community-led adaptation to build resilience in Afghanistan
Kumari Gargi
Restoring the Dry Zone:
How Janathakshan is building climate resilience in Sri Lanka’s dry zone through community-led water management
Adwaith Sankar
Climate Guardians:
Maldives’ Youth-Led Climate Action for a Resilient Future
Delna Rajesh
Nepal’s H.E.L.P. Initiative:
Protecting the High Himalayas through Indigenous Knowledge and Nature-Based Solutions
Aparna A Nair
The Pearl Protectors of Sri Lanka:
How ‘The Pearl Protectors’ is tackling marine pollution, protecting sea turtles and mobilising volunteers for coastal and marine conservation
Sreya KH
Women Driving Climate Resilience in Bangladesh:
How communities in Khulna and Satkhira are strengthening climate adaptation
Urja Kudalkar
Maldives Resilient Reefs:
How a marine conservation organisation is securing a blue future for the Maldives
Namrata L Ghanghatkar
Nepal’s Thame After the 2024 Glacial Flood:
How Nepal’s Sherpa community is preserving Indigenous knowledge and living heritage to strengthen climate resilience and disaster preparedness
Priyanka Makhijani
DOCUMENTATION
Climate Change, Civil Society & Peace in South Asia
Padmashree Anandhan