Does your city have a Heat Action Plan? You can now check on cravis.ai It sounds like a simple question, but there's been no easy way to answer it. India's heat plans have lived in scattered PDFs across dozens of municipal websites—hard to find, harder to compare, impossible to learn from at scale. So we've built a Heat Action Plan repository into CRAVIS. In the Resources section, you can now: → See 140 HAPs across India on a single map: the ones already adopted, and the ones still being drafted → Download any plan to study what's working and adapt it for your context Take Panaji's plan, which @CEEWIndia helped develop. It scores every ward in the city for heat risk, using everything from the share of residents over 65 to access to water and chronic illness rates. It sets humidity-adjusted alert thresholds month by month—a red alert at 38°C in May, calibrated to a coastal city, not borrowed from a national average. It names which department does what, and where drinking water, shade, and health services need to reach first. That granularity is the point. A plan on its own doesn't cool a city. But it is the first, non-negotiable building block that turns enables specific, fundable, accountable action. @GhoshArunabha @vishchi @Shravanverse

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The growing #heat crisis isn’t just about hotter summers—it’s about how early heat arrives, where it concentrates, and who is most exposed. This is why the South Asia Heat and Health Hub, funded by @wellcometrust, will work to strengthen partnerships and action, moving from heat data on screens to health impact on the ground. The Hub aims to bring together more than 60 institutions, train over 500 professionals, and strengthen heat action plans across South Asia. 🔗 More at heathealth.info/southasia/ @heathealth_info @WHO @WHOSEARO @WMO @SFC_India @NRDC @NRDC_India @BRACJPGSPH @UNESCAP @iitmpune @Indiametdept @GhoshArunabha @vishchi @bhargavkrishna @FarzanaMisha @joygmt

Climate data shouldn't need a PhD to understand. Meet CRAVIS—the Climate Resilience Analytics and Visualisation Intelligence System. 279 indicators. 40 years of historical climate trends. Projections to 2070. Every district in India. One conversational interface for journalists, researchers, planners, and citizens. High-resolution data, visualisation, and a conversational AI layer—all in one. Try it now: cravis.ai

🚨 India could see between 15 and 40 more unusually hot days every year over the next two decades, compared to the 1981–2010 baseline. This map shows where the heat is loading hardest 👇 The projection comes from the Climate Resilience Analytics and Visualisation Intelligence System (cravis.ai)—a new AI-powered climate intelligence tool launched by @CEEWIndia. The night-time story is just as serious. CRAVIS projects that several regions will see 20 to 40 more unusually warm nights every year. Warm nights matter because the body relies on the cooler hours after sunset to recover from heat stress. When that recovery window shrinks, mortality risk rises. CRAVIS is open, interoperable, and free for anyone to use. Built in India, for the data ecosystems and decision-makers of the Global South. #AskCRAVIS something about your district. Tell us what surprised you!

Always a pleasure to be back with @CEEWIndia for the Dialogue on Advancing Resilience with Climate Intelligence, where I launched CRAVIS, a pioneering climate intelligence platform for evidence-based decision-making, and engaged in a fireside chat with Mr. @GhoshArunabha. Emphasised that India, under the leadership of PM @NarendraModi ji, has shown the world how climate action can create economic opportunity. Through renewable energy, green innovation and advanced clean technologies, our green enterprises are generating jobs and powering India’s growth story. With the strength of our startups, innovators and emerging technologies, I am confident that CRAVIS will play an important role in building a smart, data-driven future, accelerating our journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047, and strengthening our fight against climate change. Explore CRAVIS: cravis.ai/ 📹 youtube.com/live/HgAd7FDkXcc

Delighted to launch CRAVIS by @CEEWIndia, a pioneering platform driving data-led climate action, at the Advancing Resilience with Climate Intelligence Dialogue. Explore here: cravis.ai/

Progress accelerates when we innovate as one, and the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge strives for the same. For over a decade, the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge has been aiming to pave the way for new toilet technologies that safely and effectively manage human waste. In India, the initiative helps local innovators and organizations develop new sanitation solutions, so they can provide affordable, safe, and smart toilets to communities that need them most. Water Smart Sanitation - Innovative & Sustainable

.@ICLEISouthAsia is proud to announce Dr. @vishchi, Fellow – @CEEWIndia, as a distinguished speaker at the #AriseCitiesForum2025 📆 8-9 October 2025 | 📍New Delhi @NIUA_India Learn more: arisecitiesforum.org/

Join us for an engaging session on "A Nature First Approach: Harnessing Ecosystems for Resilience," where experts Dr. @AchalenderReddy, IFS, retd., Dr. Vishwas Chitale (@vishchi), Jaya Dhindaw, Prof. S. Kanmani, V. Krishna, IFS (@krishna_ifs), Dipin Dileep (@adv_dipin), Uttar Kumar Rai, and Dr. Monalisa Sen (@MonalisaSen16) will explore how nature-based solutions contribute to low-carbon, climate-resilient development in cities. 🗓️8–9 October 2025 | 📍 New Delhi Know more: arisecitiesforum.org @MoHUA_India @moefcc @NIUA_India @ICLEISouthAsia Follow this thread to know our speakers for the session!

#InTheMedia | “The IMD forecasts above-average rainfall this year—106% of the Long Period Average. But this doesn't mean uniform distribution. Our analysis reveals a growing trend of short, erratic rainfall bursts, posing serious challenges for planning and resilience.” Senior Programme Lead @vishchi breaks down the @Indiametdept monsoon forecast on @WIONews 👇 📺youtube.com/watch?v=TZxIziTC…

India Heat Summit 2025 | Day 1 Highlights Chat on Addressing Heat Risks: Solutions for Indian States and Cities. With Aditya Valiathan Pillai and Vishwas Chitale PhD moderated by Kartiki Negi. @aditya_vpillai @vishchi @SFC_India @CEEWIndia @KartikiNegi

#Opinion | Planning for a hotter world If 2024 broke heat records, 2025 must look at climate resilience front and centre. @vishchi writes for @IndianExpress 👇 Read more at indianexpress.com/article/op…

UNU-INWEH Science Talks (Online, Open to Public) Building Climate Resilience of Rainfed Agriculture Speaker: Dr. Vishwas Chitale, Climate Adaptation and Resilience Research Fellow Time: 10 am EST, 11 December 2024 Event link: unu.edu/inweh/event/science-…

Watch @ndtv #LeftRightCentre with @VishnuNDTV as @Bharati09 , Director @ChintanIndia , joins to discuss Can the World ‘COP’ with #ClimateChange? Bharati emphasized that, with $2 trillion in global economic losses and $112 billion for India alone, we risk losing all our success in poverty alleviation. Link to see the full video - youtu.be/T4p5P0m3FZU @harjeet11 @Abinash0294 @vishchi #COP29Baku #COP29Azerbaijan

Speakers: • Katy Harris, SEI & Adaptation Without Borders • Kate Williamson, SEI • @JbPradyumna, Intervention Manager and Climate Change Adaptation and Governance Analyst @ICIMOD • @vishchi, Climate Resilience Team Lead @CEEWIndia More details: sei.org/events/managing-tcrs…

Watch #LeftRightCentre with Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) | Can The World 'COP' With Climate Change? On the panel: @harjeet11, @Bharati09, @Abinash0294, @vishchi, Ramesh Kumar Kuruppath

We are pleased to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Thane District Administration to support the enhancement of climate resilience across 6 municipal corporations in the district. We will also collaborate on technical support and capacity enhancement of the relevant stakeholders along with developing action plans on heat stress, urban flooding and clean air. @Info_Thane1 @city_thane @TMCaTweetAway

Our inaugural art x climate exhibition of 'Sustaina India,' co-conceptualised with the artist duo Thukral & Tagra, opens on 2 Feb at Bikaner House, Delhi, on the sidelines of @IndiaArtFair! 🗓️Date: 2-15 Feb 📌Venue: CCA Gallery, 1st floor, Bikaner House, New Delhi Join us for the preview this Friday. RSVP below👇 bit.ly/sustainaindia

🚨Job Alert🚨 @SIPRIorg is seeking a experienced Senior Researcher with a specific focus on conflict and peacebuilding for its Climate Change and Risk Programme. #ClimateSecurity 📰⏩sipri.org/about/vacancies