Archive · 22 Nov 2025
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
- When
- November 21, 2022
- Where
- Tamil Nadu, India
- 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
- 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