New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- Traditional Indian methods of creating and making are often held up as an example of sustainable living, of circular practices, and of countering climate change. But we rarely think of the ways in which climate change is itself disrupting these methods of production. In Kutch, for instance, long periods of unseasonal rain don't give ajrakh printers enough time to dry their hand-blocked fabrics. In Assam, high temperatures destroy silkworm cocoons and put the livelihoods of muga silk weavers at risk. Their dependence on natural resources-mud, fibres, natural pigments, plant secretions, woods and metals-as the basis of their metier makes artisans particularly vulnerable to climate change. Artisans adjust, make do and f...