Report studied 24 cities with focus on Chennai, New Delhi, among others. Timely adaptation can avert billions of dollars of ...

The World Bank report identifies Delhi, Chennai, Surat and Lucknow among cities most exposed to urban heat island effects and flood risks ...

A World Bank report indicates Indian cities need significant investment. This investment is for resilient, low-carbon ...

Indian cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related risks with more than $2.4 trillion required in investments by 2050.

CHENNAI, India, March 29, 2012 – World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, today paid a special visit to the development institution’s Chennai office to personally deliver a vote of thanks to ...

The largest World Bank Group (WBG) office outside the US headquarters – in Chennai – is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The WBG’s flagship “Shared Services Center” in the ...

CHENNAI, June 10, 2025 — The Global Business Center of the World Bank Group (WBG) was reopened today in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu by Mr. Wencai Zhang, Managing Director and Chief Administrative ...

Urban areas in India are warming faster than rural ones, potentially putting 3.2% of city GDP at risk by 2050, according to a World Bank report.

The World Bank will lend support to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to achieve sustainable waste management in the city. At a meeting conducted this week, the World Bank held discussions on ...

A team of World Bank officials held a meeting with representatives of various government agencies in Chennai on Wednesday to operationalise Digital Chennai to support planning and delivery of ...

The World Bank funded Chennai City Partnership formulated as a unique model of development co-operation will be implemented in three phases over a period of seven years. In the first phase, the ...

Chennai: The World Bank, which will help fund the $1.1 billion Resilient Chennai project over the next five years, has come out with a study document identifying social and environmental issues ...