The Problem: Why We Exist
Through our work with communities across the globe, one of the most striking aspects of the dominant climate narrative has been how deeply flawed it is, yet how pervasive.
By framing climate change as a future event, something that will affect others in distant places through catastrophic events, it has failed everyone. It has obliterated focus on the now, the here, the us, and the everyday micro-aggressions that define survival. It has normalised governmental amnesia, absolving them of present duties on one hand, while preventing a universal consciousness among those barely surviving and those who too will soon be in a similar situation.
By explaining actions in the language of 1.5, it has stripped communities of agency and failed to broaden the conversation beyond mitigation toward adaptation.
The Alternative: Our Vision
If climate is to find traction in terms of tangible actions that give frontline communities a chance at survival, it must be anchored within democratic processes. That requires us to democratise the climate space by bringing people to the forefront of climate conversations — alongside, not beneath, other actors.
We exist to overturn this. The climate crisis is about scale and urgency. It demands actions that are nimble, rooted in lived realities, and capable of operating at scale.
Our Response: Climate Diaries
One of the three actions we have built to disrupt and reshape the dominant climate narrative — alongside the Climate Justice Litigation Center and the TechHub@ClimateJustice — is Climate Diaries: an online platform where communities and organisations can share their perspectives at scale and generate analysis through digital dashboards assembled in real time, fuelling advocacy that speaks directly to community needs.
What do we do?
Participatory Storytelling
We work with communities, collectives, and movements to surface lived experiences — stories that expose the everyday micro-aggressions and survival strategies the dominant climate narrative erases. These are not just stories; they are political interventions, transformed into campaigns that demand recognition.
Generate Insights
Through data science, journalism, and filmmaking, we assemble these stories into digital dashboards and audiovisual narratives that dismantle abstraction and reveal both the daily realities and the systemic patterns driving the crisis.
Advocate
Together with our partners, we turn stories and insights into people-centered advocacy that forces climate into the democratic arena — not as a technical fix, but as a struggle for justice and survival.
Our Journey
What began as voluntary efforts among like-minded individuals in India is now being shaped into a global, volunteer-driven consortium disrupting the climate narrative across borders. We invite collaborators everywhere: join us, or spark your own frontline actions with Climate Diaries in your country.
Our Team
Asheen
Lead - Media Division
Asheen has spent the past decade navigating his roles as a filmmaker, photographer, and designer, applying his diverse expertise to support trade unions and civil society groups advocating for gender, caste, and labor rights. A firm believer in art's transformative power, Asheen emphasizes amplifying marginalized voices through visual storytelling. At ClimateDiaries, he channels his skills to advance people's agendas using the visual medium. More on Asheen: asheen.xyz
Kranti
Lead - Strategy & Advocacy
Kranti is a consummate social justice litigator with extensive experience across a broad range of socioeconomic issues. In exploring how litigation could advance people-centered climate action, he—along with like-minded friends—launched Climate Diaries to amplify the voices and experiences of frontline communities.
Randhir Singh
Lead - Technical Division
After a successful career as a coder in fundamental research and regulatory reporting within the private sector, Randhir chose to leverage his expertise for a people-centric agenda. An advocate of using technology and market forces cautiously yet effectively, Randhir drives ClimateDiaries' tech agenda to deliver scalable solutions. A lifelong learner and educator, Randhir is passionate about the arts. He learns, plays, and teaches the sitar and is deeply involved in painting and sculpting.
Eklavya Vasudev
Lead - Legal Research and Advocacy
Eklavya is a legal scholar, educator, and climate justice advocate with extensive experience in business and human rights law. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, his research examines the intersection of corporate emissions, human rights, and international law, with a focus on transformative constitutional interpretation to address climate change. Beyond academia, Eklavya applies his expertise to practical advocacy through supervising legal clinics and drawing on his prior litigation experience. At Climate Diaries, he works on creating legal narratives that make the climate discourse more inclusive and accessible. An avid walker and philosophy enthusiast, Eklavya finds inspiration in history, languages, and existential thought.