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Tamil Nadu, UK Launch Heat Resilience Centre
Tamil Nadu and the UK have started a special center to help people deal with very hot weather.
This center will use science to find out where people are most at risk from heat, so they can plan better and stay safe.
The UK is helping with this because extreme heat is a big problem that affects many people.
This is one of the first times a state in India has done something like this.
Tamil Nadu and UK launched a Heat Resilience Centre
Aimed at strengthening capacity to address rising extreme heat conditions
Will establish scientific framework, build technical capacity, and support city-level heat action planning
Supported by UK's Climate Action for a Resilient Asia programme
To run until September 2026
- Who
- Tamil Nadu government and UK government
- What
- Launched a Heat Resilience Centre
- Where
- Tamil Nadu, India
- When
- November 21, 2022
- Why
- To tackle rising extreme heat conditions
Tamil Nadu's Perspective
UK's Perspective
Heat Mapping
Tamil Nadu's Perspective
Tamil Nadu aims to create accurate heat maps and defined heat-risk zones for climate readiness
UK's Perspective
UK supports this initiative to help identify heat risk zones and create thermal safety pockets
Key facts
- Duration
- Until September 2026
- Supporting Organizations
- UK’s Climate Action for a Resilient Asia programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Resources Institute
- Partners
- Tamil Nadu’s Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department, UK’s Government
Quotes
Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department, Tamil Nadu
The Additional Chief Secretary of the Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department in Tamil Nadu
“Accurate heat maps and clearly defined heat-risk zones should be an essential foundation for climate readiness in the State. Tamil Nadu is taking a science-first approach to identify heat risk zones in every city, so that planners, health systems, and local bodies know exactly where vulnerabilities lie. With high-resolution satellite data and ground sensors, we should be able to map heat the way we map floods or air pollution. This will enable us to redesign neighbourhoods, guide construction, strengthen ventilation corridors and create pockets of thermal safety.”
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Seema Malhotra MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Government of the United Kingdom
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Government of the United Kingdom
“Extreme heat is one of the most urgent climate challenges we face. Without targeted action, the impacts of heat stress will continue to grow, affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across the region. The United Kingdom is proud to partner with Tamil Nadu in this pioneering effort. The state has already demonstrated visionary leadership by being the first Indian state to establish a Green Climate Fund and recognise heatwaves as a state-specific disaster. Today’s launch of the Heat Resilience Centre marks an important milestone in this leadership journey.”
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