New global ranking says 3 of India’s biggest cities are among the world’s least climate-resilient

The ranking examined how well major cities are prepared to deal with growing climate risks. A new ranking of 72 of the world’s largest cities has placed several South Asian cities among those facing the highest residual climate risk, with Ahmedabad and Hyderabad featuring near the bottom of the list.The ranking is based on an analysis by geospatial AI company AlphaGeo. The company said these cities combine high physical exposure with relatively limited adaptation compared with the scale of the risks they face. The resulting resilience-adjusted risk score is intended to show how much of a city’s underlying climate exposure is reduced by adaptation measures. Beijing, Tianjin, Shenzhen and Shanghai were among the cities with the highest adaptation rates, meaning they had made substantial reductions in their physical climate risk through adaptation measures.

Source: Times of India September 12, 2026 02:28 UTC