Bengaluru, Sept. 11 -- Indian cities are increasingly vulnerable to climate-related disasters such as extreme heat, flooding, and disease outbreaks.

Addressing the Mint Sustainability Summit in New Delhi recently, a panel consisting of Minal Pathak, an IPCC author and faculty member at Ahmedabad University; conservation biologist Neha Sinha; and Samit Mitra, director of country programs at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, discussed strategies and the urgent need for designing resilient urban spaces.

This comes at a time when several cities in the country faced natural disasters.

In September 2025, the Yamuna River in Delhi reached a height of 207.4 metres, marking its third-highest level on record and necessitating the...