In 2013, Ahmedabad launched the first Heat Action Plan among South Asian cities, but it faces increasingly high temperatures and has little data to support local policies. Photo: WRI
2023 broke temperature records worldwide. People across different regions of the planet are already facing historic heatwaves, wildfires, and droughts with just 1.1°C of warming above pre-industrial levels. Under current policies, which put the world on track for a warming scenario of 2.5°C to 2.9°C by 2100, the stifling heat felt this year is just a small taste of the future ahead.
