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New Heat Resilience Hub
November 25 , 2025
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- The Centre for Heat Resilience in Tamil Nadu was launched under the U.K. Government’s Climate Action for a Resilient Asia Programme.
- The Centre will create high-resolution heat maps for all cities in Tamil Nadu to guide targeted heat-related interventions.
- The Centre aims to build technical capacity by training climate scientists, urban heat engineers, Geographic Information System (GIS) specialists and planners.
- Heat-risk zones will be included in city master plans by working with the Housing and Urban Development Department.
- Future plans include sponge cities, water-cooling infrastructure, mangrove corridors and a biodiversity index for major cities.
- The initiative involves collaboration between Tamil Nadu, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Resources Institute (WRI).
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