India, Feb. 27 -- A session at the ongoing Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2025 on the state of extreme weather in India and South Asia has painted a worrying picture of what lies ahead for the country.

Titled In the red: Why are our cities heating up-urban heat and warm nights, the session discussed the phenomenon of increasingly warm nights and urban heat in the subcontinent due to the warming of the planet and its effects on public health and livelihood.

Experts including Roxy Mathew Koll, Climate Scientist, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune; Anand Sharma, former Additional Director General, India Meteorological Department; Rajneesh Sareen, Programme Director, Sustainable Urbanisation, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Ami...