World Bank Group2025-05-232025-05-232025-05-23https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43242This report makes the case for increased and urgent investment in climate-resilient cities in India. With a doubling of the urban population expected by 2050, from 480 million in 2020 to 951 million, more than half of urban growth, in terms of new infrastructure, buildings, and urban services, is still to come. This gives Indian cities a huge opportunity to plan for resilient urban development and avoid large future damages and losses from climate and disaster impacts. Given that the building and infrastructure retrofitting is very costly, there must be an immediate focus not only on better preparing cities for climate impacts, but also on shaping urban growth in a climate-resilient manner, necessary for improving quality of life and achieving vibrant economic growth.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOCLIMATE-RESILIENTURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN ADAPTATIONCLIMATE IMPACTSLOW-CARBONReportWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/43242