New Delhi, June 10 -- Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Surat, Thane, Hyderabad, Patna and Bhubaneswar are projected to witness a two-fold increase in heatwave days by 2030, according to a study released June 10, 2025 by development consulting firm IPE Global and GIS technology provider Esri India.

Unveiled at the International Global-South Climate Risk Symposium in New Delhi, the report titled Weathering the Storm: Managing Monsoons in a Warming Climate offers a district-level assessments of the correlation between extreme heat and erratic rainfall in India. The findings underscored the escalating threat of climate change and call for urgent, localised interventions to strengthen resilience across urban and rural landscapes.

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