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India is facing the twin challenges of climate change and ongoing growth of its urban population. The pressures both challenges create play out first and foremost on city streets. They are places where millions of often very poor people try to earn a living while being exposed to extreme heat, droughts, and floods. Thanks to funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research programme, the collaborative research project Just Transitions on Indian Streets (JusTIS) will examine how Indian cities can tackle climate change in ways that are fair, inclusive, and responsive to the realities of street vendors, gig economy workers and autorickshaw drivers.

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Tesla's troubles may be an opportunity for EVs to widen their target market. As EVs become more affordable and the technology more mature, more diverse and inclusive messaging from trusted sources is needed to truly widen their appeal.  Hannah Budnitz discusses this in her latest article for The Conversation.

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Caroline Criado Perez, best known for her award-winning book: Invisible Women: Exposing data bias in a world designed for men, delivered an engaging talk on the structural inequalities embedded in transport design and delivery.

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