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IITGN charts climate-resilient future for cities
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|June 25, 2026
As climate change accelerates and extreme weather events grow more frequent, leading experts, policymakers, and urban planners have converged at IIT Gandhinagar to chart a roadmap for building cities that can withstand environmental shocks while sustaining long-term growth.
The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), through its Dr. Kiran C. Patel Centre for Sustainable Development (KPCSD), has launched a three-day workshop titled ‘Urban Resilience Strategies: Planning for Climate Change and Extreme Events.’ Supported by the Gujarat Urban Development Institute (GUDI), the event is being h
This story is from the June 25, 2026 edition of The Free Press Journal - Mumbai.
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