RT @ClimateTrendsIN: India Heat Summit 2025 | Day 1 Highlights. Chat on Addressing Heat Risks: Solutions for Indian States and Cities. Wit….

RT @namrataraju: As much of North India melts amidst a heat wave, I interview @aditya_vpillai, a doctoral researcher at King’s College/ Vis….

RT @SFC_India: 1/3 At ‘India 2047 Building a Climate-Resilient Future’, organised by @MittalInstitute, @HarvardSalata, and @moefcc from 19-….

RT @louisetillin: The South Asia edition of Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy @CambridgeUP is now a….

In an oped @IndianExpress summarising the findings of a new @SFC_India report on India’s preparedness for extreme heat, we show that India’s actions focus on survival today. We need to start preparing for the deadly climate extremes of tomorrow.

RT @SFC_India: Read @the_hindu's editorial on our new report examining extreme heat preparedness in nine Indian cities. It highlights criti….

RT @aruna_sekhar: India isn't ready for extreme heat in a 1.5C world. And the lack of long-term heat actions + 🔺frequent heatwaves = higher….

In this guest post @CarbonBrief summarising our new report, co-authors & I lay out the gaps in India’s heat resilience actions, why they exist and how to fix them. We focus on long-term solutions and the grinding realities of implementing them

Our new report is out, trying to map out how Indian cities are placed to deal with the onslaught of extreme heat in a 1.5 degree world. We list a series of reasonably practical policy solutions that could help prepare.

RT @aditya_vpillai: Is India ready for the extreme heat of a 1.5C world? In a new @SFC_India report, we conduct the 1st multi-city analysis….

An absolute pleasure working with the multi-disciplinary author group over the last 2 yrs. @tamannadalal99 @ikukreti at SFC, Alex Kassinis (Harvard), Lucas V Zeppetello (Berkeley), @EscanditaTewari and @NavrozDubash (Princeton/SFC).

Our policy recommendations:.1. Institutional: strengthen HAPs; more long-term funding; equip heat officers better.2. Capacity: targeted capacity prog for most vuln cities; dedicated climate resilience staff.3. Tech: energy-off AC subsidies for vulnerable groups through heat plan.

What drove this focus on short-term actions?.1. Local officials are responding to emergency directives from higher levels of gov, local heat plans are weak.2. Public demand focuses on short-term action.3. Serious institutional constraints limit long-term action (fig)

Main findings:.1. All cities report short-term emergency measures.2. Many long-term actions are not correctly targeted at heat vulnerable pops ('incidental' actions below). 3. Many important long-term actions are entirely absent (eg insurance, cooling access)

We used climate models to identify cities with highest increase in v. dangerous heat index days in a 1.5C world. We conducted 95 interviews in 9 states, focusing on local gov officials in dist mgmt, health, planning, labor, horticulture depts.

Is India ready for the extreme heat of a 1.5C world? In a new @SFC_India report, we conduct the 1st multi-city analysis of the implementation of heat actions in India. We focused on 11% of the urban pop with some of the highest increases in heat risk.

We used climate modelling to identify cities with highest increase in v. dangerous heat index days in a 1.5C world. We conducted 95 interviews in 9 states, focusing on local gov officials in dist mgmt, health, planning, labor, horticulture depts.

RT @SFC_India: SFC was a technical partner for the @ndmaindia international workshop on #heatwaves 2025 in New Delhi on 13-14 February. The….

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RT @louisetillin: My new book Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy will be published early next month b….