A study by the Sustainable Futures Collaborative (SFC) on heatwave preparedness in nine Indian cities—including Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru—reveals that long-term measures are rare and poorly targeted. Instead, cities focus on immediate heatwave responses, leaving them vulnerable to rising temperatures.
Key issues identified include lack of coordination, competing priorities, and failure to recognize heat as a critical problem. The report calls for strengthening Heat Action Plans (HAPs) and a sustained capacity-building effort in India’s ten most heat-vulnerable cities. Experts stress the urgency of implementing long-term risk mitigation to prevent rising heat-related deaths and economic losses.

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