Addressing heat-related health risks in urban India: Ahmedabad’s heat action plan

This report looks at how the local community of Ahmedabad in Western India is preparing for the increasingly extreme heat of the city which becomes more frequent globally due to the climate change. The report presents work of health and environmental groups partnered to prepare local communities for increasingly extreme heat in the city of Ahmedabad, through an early warning system and heat preparedness plan. It argues that climate change is fuelling more intense and frequent heat waves in India, therefore new scale of coordinated action is essential to protect communities, especially their most vulnerable members, from the dangerous health effects of extreme heat.