In the lead-up to Mumbai Climate Week, A Living Wall will take shape as a large-scale Warli mural at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo, bringing Maharashtra’s climate realities and local resilience into a shared public space. Rooted in the indigenous Warli art tradition of the state, the mural will weave together stories of changing seasons, disappearing forests, shifting livelihoods, and emerging community-led climate solutions.

Warli art, with its minimal yet deeply expressive visual language, offers a powerful way to translate complex environmental challenges into accessible, human-centred narratives. Through recurring motifs of land, labour, water, and community, the mural will invite viewers to reflect on how climate change is already reshaping everyday life across Maharashtra, while also highlighting the solutions being led from the ground up.

Co-created with Warli artists Dinesh Barap & Akash Bhoir, the wall art is both a celebration of cultural heritage and an act of climate storytelling. By situating the artwork in a highly visited public space, the initiative transforms the wall into a living conversation, one that invites citizens, policymakers, and visitors to pause, observe, and engage with Maharashtra’s climate journey in a way that is local, visual, and deeply human.