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Climate change is increasingly recognised not merely as an environmental crisis but as a profoundly unequal social phenomenon. The discourse of climate justice foregrounds how marginalised communities disproportionately bear the burdens of ecological degradation despite contributing least to its causes. This paper examines the representation of climate justice and vulnerable communities in select Indian literary texts, including The Hungry Tide (2014), Gun Island (20196), Latitudes of Longing (2019), The Butterfly Effect (2019), and A Guardian and a Thief. Drawing on postcolonial ecocriticism, eco-narratology, and intersectionality, the study explores how Indian fiction narrates environmental injustice through caste, class, gender, and indigeneity. The paper argues that these texts not only depict ecological crises but also critique structural inequalities and advocate for a more inclusive and ethical environmental imagination.