In the biggest ever climate change research networking in India, 75 institutes will come together to conduct scientific and economic studies steered by the country’s ministry of environment and forests. The results will form part of the national report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The India Institute of Tropical Meteorology will play a key role in defining the scope and expanse of the studies. The project will focus primarily on the impact of climate change on the country — its water resources, agriculture, forests, health, energy and economy among a few variables. This promises to be the most comprehensive climate change research consortium ever constituted in this country. It will be well worth waiting to see the results of the studies and how they match up with western projections for India.