Climate Resilience – Climate and cities

20 Indian cities covered under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission

Lack of understanding of the city level climate vulnerability and the nature of actions needed for climate resilient development
Need for Government and institutional frameworks for building resilient infrastructure at the city level

Vulnerability profiles and matrix for 20 Indian cities
Assessment of urban resilience measures, helping cities minimize the impact of climate change its inhabitants.

Policy brief on Emerging Mechanisms and Responses of Cities to Climate Change – ACCCRN

Need for Policy discourse on emerging mechanisms, responses and measures needed for prioritizing climate resilience into city development.

Guidance document for decision makers at national/state/city government levels on Urban Climate Change Resilience

Assessing Urban Climate Vulnerability Index for Six Indian cities – Srinagar, Delhi, Shillong, Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore.

A qualitative and quantitative framework to identify climate hazard vulnerability of the selected cities

Climate vulnerability scorecard with 7 thematic indicators (Physical, Hazard, Social, Demographic. Financial Provisioning, Infrastructure and Administration vulnerability)

Mainstreaming Climate Resilience in Urban Development; Policy landscape for urban resilience for the cities of Gorakhpur, Surat and Indore

Climate induced natural hazard vulnerability of cities

Identified opportunities to orient urban development programmes to promote city-level climate resilience
Research findings shared at national-level and city-level
Integrated policy framework suggested, for coordinated decision making.

Policy level engagement for developing Climate Resilient Smart Cities

Need for engaging decision-makers on urban climate change resilience and integrating the concepts into wider planning courses

Policy recommendations and interventions for developing Climate Resilient Smart Cities in India
Smart Solutions for Disaster Resilience and Management in smart cities

Rapid assessment of vulnerability to climate change in 14 Indian cities

Need for a methodological framework and index for rapid assessment of urban climate vulnerability
Non-availability of baseline data for socio-economic and infrastructure characteristics

Methodological framework for rapid climate vulnerability assessment, efficient urban policies and programmes

Working paper on Hazards, Infrastructure, Governance, Socio-economic (HIGS) variables framework for Climate-Resilient Urban Development.

A lack of framework to analyse city-level climate risks which integrates physical and meteorological hazards
Analysis of infrastructure and urban services; Governance variables; and socio-economic and demographic indicators

A customizable approach for cities to analyse their vulnerability in order to understand potential areas of corrective action
Information on urban development and management shared with national, state, and local policymakers
Framework enabled cities to autonomously assess their vulnerability using the HIGS framework