Coastal cities in India need to plan and implement climate risk management strategies as an integral part of city development, experts said Friday. They were participating in a discussion on a report on climate change resilient city infrastructure. The report, Climate Resilient Coastal Cities, based on a study done in Panaji, Goa, and Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, said coastal cities need to gear up to face risks posed by climate change, natural disasters and other extreme events. The report, brought out by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), focuses on the impact of sea level rise and other climate parameters like rainfall and storms on the infrastructure of coastal cities, as an estimated 320 million people in India today live in coastal areas.

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