Re-examining the environmental issues and related policies from the perspective of the poor helps in understanding the linkages between them and in identifying the constraints faced by poor people in their day to day lives. With this understanding, the National Planning Commission (NPC) organised a national workshop on "Environments of the Poor in the Context of Climate Change and the Green Economy" to discuss specific research and policy issues. The workshop was supported by the Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI) programme - Strengthening Planning and Monitoring Capacity of National Planning Commission (SPMC-NPC).