As govts chase flashy plantation targets and theme parks, experts warn that only genuine ecological restoration and sustainable building codes can protect India's boiling cities

The report says that biochar will be effective in tackling air pollution, improve soil health, and generally durable carbon removal credits.

Without policy intervention, ACs alone could drive 120 GW of peak power demand by 2030 and 180 GW by 2035

The report noted that climate action in the housing sector must go hand-in-hand with tackling the growing global housing affordability crisis.

Heat-trapping cities, rising humidity, dry soils, and climate change driven warming, multiple factors are now converging to make extreme heat deadlier and more widespread