CGM CLIMATE FOUNDATION

TIME IS RUNNING OUT

We are destroying the climate that once made us thrive.

What better fight then, than to fight to keep our home, our planet fit for us to thrive once again?

Our Mission A World in Crisis
Our Mission
"To inform truthfully, urgently and as widely as possible the perils of climate change and to inspire collective action to fight it successfully."

Humanity is facing an existential crisis of its own making. We are poisoning the very environment in which we evolved and flourished. Within this century, 75% of fish and animal species on the planet, 40% of agricultural produce and — the crowning tragedy — 50% of the human population itself could be no more as trees are cut, ice caps melt, sea levels rise, coastal cities are flooded, virgin forests consumed by wildfires, rain currents like the Indian monsoon diverted causing drought. As major tipping points are crossed, irreversible events bringing consequences we cannot forecast or even imagine.

It is not that we do not know how to prevent these tragedies. The technologies of renewable sources have been around for 20 years. They are now at critical mass, very cost effective and developing fast in an exciting manner.

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Aerial view of a lush green forest canopy
The Vanishing Valley

What it Was… What it Is… What it Must Not Be.

Our Himalayan valleys were once a paradise of snow and green. Pristine peaks, crystal rivers, ancient forests — valleys breathing life into the subcontinent. Today, retreating glaciers, muddy floods, and deforestation scars tell a different story. And if we do nothing, by 2100 they could be barren rock and dry riverbeds, With perilous consequences.

Pristine green valley with lush forests — what the valley once was
What it Was

Snow-clad peaks, crystal rivers, ancient forests.

A valley untouched, breathing life into the subcontinent. Glaciers fed rivers that nourished millions. The air was clean, the forests dense, the ecosystem thriving.

Valley showing signs of degradation and environmental damage — what it is today
What it Is

Retreating glaciers, muddy floods, deforestation scars.

The valley gasps under the weight of warming. Forests are shrinking, rivers are drying, and communities face floods and landslides with increasing frequency.

Barren, degraded landscape — what the valley will become if we do nothing
What it Must Not Be

Barren rock, dry riverbeds, climate refugees.

If we do nothing, this is the future we choose. No glaciers, no forests, no life as we know it. This is not a prediction — it is the trajectory we are on.

We must stop "What it Must Not Be."

The City Reborn

What it Was… What it Is Heading to Be… What it Could Be.

Cities don't have to choke. They can breathe, innovate, and lead. From smog-choked streets to vertical gardens and silent EV roads — the transformation is possible. Beijing proves it. So can we.

City today — early green adoption, EVs, solar panels, pockets of greenery
What it Was

Cleaner skies, less traffic, greenery all around.

Cities once had open spaces, breathable air, and tree-lined streets. Life moved at a gentler pace, and nature was part of the everyday landscape.

City heading towards smog-choked streets, heavy traffic, and grey concrete
What it Is Heading to Be

Smog-choked streets, gridlocked traffic, grey concrete.

Cities built for machines, not people. The air thick with pollution, the skyline grey, the rivers toxic. This is the cost of unchecked industrialisation and unregulated transport .

Futuristic green city with vertical gardens, clean air, and blue skies
Just Imagine....What it Could Be

Vertical gardens, Electric transport, silent streets, clean air, blue skies.

A city that gives back more than it takes. This isn't fantasy — we can solve this. It only needs the will to implement it at scale.

Help us reach "What it Could Be."

The Stolen Sky

Remember when you could see the Milky Way?

In the deserts of Rajasthan in the 1990s, the night sky was a canopy of stars — the Milky Way visible to the naked eye, the universe felt close. Today, an empty orange haze has erased the cosmos. Light pollution and smog have stolen the sky from us and our children.

Clear night sky full of stars visible to the naked eye — Rajasthan, 1990s

Rajasthan, 1990s

A canopy of stars. The Milky Way visible to the naked eye. The universe felt close.

Hazy polluted night sky with no visible stars — Kolkata, today

Rajasthan, Today

An empty orange haze. Light pollution and smog have erased the cosmos from our cities.

Our Vision
"A green and beautiful world powered by sun, wind and water, where carbon gives life, waste yields energy, the stars come out at night and even just breathing is a pleasure."
The Numbers

The evidence is overwhelming

Surface temperatures are 1.2°C warmer than 150 years ago, and the rate is accelerating. Sea levels have risen about half an inch per decade since 1900. Billions of tons of ice have melted. Heavy downpours have increased because warmer air holds more moisture.

0.2°C Global temperature rise in the last decade
420+ CO₂ parts per million (was 280 before 1750)
~ $1.4 Trillion Estimated economic loss due to climate change in the previous decade
23 ft Potential sea level rise if Greenland ice sheet melts
15,801 Animal species endangered
3.6 Billion People affected directly by climate change each year
Climate Data

The data tells the story

India Air Quality PM2.5 map — Year 1998
Air Quality across Indian cities — 1998. Source: urbanemissions.info
India Air Quality PM2.5 map — Year 2020
Air Quality across Indian cities — 2020. Source: urbanemissions.info
Chart showing global greenhouse gas emission trends by sector from EDGAR EU Commission data
Global GHG emission trends by sector and key years. Source: EDGAR, EU Commission.
Chart showing number of hot days per year in Mumbai increasing from 42 in 1966-75 to 106 in 2006-15
Number of yearly hot days (above 35°C) in Mumbai, by decade. Data from Open-Meteo.
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The road up is long and winding.
But climb we must.

People care about their children and grandchildren. An informed and committed population can consume responsibly and go the green and renewable path. Even if the individual effort is little, multiplied and concentrated, it can become huge.

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