Hello,

You might live miles away from the coast, but what is happening in Mumbai and Kolkata affects all of us.

According to the United Nations, 14 million people in these two cities alone are at risk from rising seas. Yet, developers continue to build expensive real estate at the cost of mangroves and wetlands – natural buffers that help protect coastal communities from flooding.

Families are investing their life savings in apartments that could be underwater in the coming decades. When this crisis hits, the financial consequences could extend far beyond the coast.

Scroll is launching an investigation, led by our award-winning climate reporter Vaishnavi Rathore, to expose how developers and authorities ignored these risks.

You don’t need to live on the coast to care about consumer safety, accountability and the climate crisis.

Help us make this investigation possible. Click here to fund the project.

Thank you,
Team Scroll