As the temperatures rise every day, something is inevitably changing around Mumbai. From high mercury and pollution levels to development that slowly encroaches upon green spaces, the urban space is a battleground between human needs and natural existence.

Anuradha Parikh, artistic director of G5A, is familiar with this conflict. The upcoming Mumbai Climate Now! summit at the venue is built around this very concern that has only grown in recent years. “Climate change is a serious inevitability and will affect us all. As an arts organisation, it’s important to be a part of that conversation because one could argue that it is shifting culture that will ultimately affect our individual, and therefore collective behaviour,” she says.