{"id":97110,"date":"2026-04-07T21:29:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97110"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:59:35","slug":"ai-and-climate-action-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ai-and-climate-action-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and Climate Action in India, Role, initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change is a pressing challenge that affects all aspects of life and livelihood. Rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, extreme weather events, and other climate risks have made adaptation and mitigation a necessity. India has taken important steps in this direction by increasing green cover, promoting renewable energy, reducing emissions, and strengthening disaster preparedness. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against climate change. By analyzing large amounts of data, AI can help improve weather and climate predictions, optimize renewable energy, support sustainable agriculture, and enhance disaster resilience, making it an important instrument for building a climate-resilient India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Use of AI in Climate Action<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/a> (AI) is emerging as a transformative tool in India\u2019s fight against climate change, helping predict extreme weather, manage natural resources, and build resilience for vulnerable communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>AI in Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI is revolutionizing India\u2019s approach to predicting and preparing for natural disasters. Advanced computational models, satellite monitoring, and machine learning techniques now enable highly accurate forecasts, allowing authorities to take timely action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cyclone and Extreme Weather Forecasting: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India significantly enhanced its cyclone forecasting capacity through AI-assisted tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The India Meteorological Department (IMD) now uses the <\/span><b>Advanced Dvorak Technique<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with AI guidance from global forecasting centers to predict cyclone intensity, trajectory, and landfall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>High-performance computing systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with 22 PetaFLOPS capacity, including specialized GPUs, allow AI models to analyze vast datasets and produce accurate forecasts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transformer-based neural networks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can predict monsoon behavior up to 18 days in advance, while comparative studies with global AI systems have improved cyclone path prediction up to 96 hours ahead, reducing risks to life and property.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI models like <\/span><b>SpADANet (IIT Bombay)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enhance damage assessment after cyclones using aerial imagery, while <\/span><b>Reliability Ensemble Averaging (REA, IIT Madras) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">combines multiple climate models to provide more reliable rainfall and weather predictions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These innovations reduce uncertainty in disaster planning and strengthen regional climate resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Landslide, Flood, and Glacial Monitoring<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>AI-based landslide early warning system: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has developed an indigenous AI-based landslide early warning system to protect vulnerable Himalayan regions. It strengthens disaster preparedness and improves safety for people living in landslide-prone areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This system can provide alerts up to three hours before a slope failure, giving communities enough time to evacuate safely.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses low-cost sensors to measure soil moisture, rainfall, humidity, temperature, and ground movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collected data is processed by a machine learning model that achieves over 90% accuracy in predicting landslides.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently installed at more than 60 sites in Himachal Pradesh, the system can detect even millimeter-level slope shifts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Indian Land Data Assimilation System (ILDAS): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Land Data Assimilation System (ILDAS), funded by ISRO between 2021 and 2024, uses AI and remote sensing data to monitor land conditions and predict floodplain water levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By combining physics-based models with AI techniques, it helps improve flood forecasting and river basin management, especially in the Ganga and Brahmaputra regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specialized systems like <\/span><b>BrahmaSATARK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provide impact-based flood forecasts for the Brahmaputra Basin, while <\/span><b>GBM-CLIMPACT <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acts as a climate-impact toolbox, assessing how ready the water sector is to handle floods and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>climate changes<\/strong><\/a> in the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna basins.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These AI-based systems help authorities plan better, reduce damage, and protect vulnerable communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Last-Mile Climate Intelligence: Reaching Communities<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure climate information reaches every village, India has launched initiatives that bring weather forecasts directly to local communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gram Panchayat Level Weather Forecasting (GPLWF):\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed by the IMD in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides forecasts to nearly all gram panchayats in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses multiple weather prediction models and shares information through apps like e-Gramswaraj, Meri Panchayat, and Mausam Gram.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farmers can access details on temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind, and cloud cover, helping them make informed decisions about planting, irrigation, and harvesting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Bharat Forecasting System (BharatFS):\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bharat Forecasting System (BharatFS), launched on May 27, 2025, is an Indian-built model that provides high-resolution weather forecasts at the village level.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a 6 km resolution, it can predict rainfall up to 10 days in advance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This system helps farmers, disaster managers, and communities prepare for extreme weather, improving safety, productivity, and resilience at the local level.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Emerging AI Tools for Climate and Weather<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is developing new AI tools to improve climate and weather management, making information more accurate and accessible to communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MausamGPT:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MausamGPT is an AI-powered chatbot being developed by the government to provide farmers and citizens with advice on climate and weather.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses deep learning to analyze data and forecast rainfall, thunderstorms, fog, and fires.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This helps people plan agricultural activities, stay safe during extreme weather, and make informed decisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Coastal and sea-level monitoring:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By analyzing data along India\u2019s coastlines, AI can identify areas likely to be affected by rising sea levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This information helps city planners design climate-resilient infrastructure and allows communities to prepare for future risks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By providing high-resolution climate information directly to communities, these AI tools strengthen resilience and help India reduce vulnerability to climate hazards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>AI-Powered Forest Surveillance and Conservation<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artificial Intelligence is playing a key role in protecting India\u2019s forests and wildlife.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI protects Indian forests through advanced surveillance and monitoring technologies using Machine Vision (MV) and Artificial Intelligence to analyse real-time footage from cameras deployed around forest areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI serves as a robust early warning system for forest fires and the human activities that cause them, helping prevent or contain fires before they spread, which is critical since humans are responsible for 75% of all global wildfires.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI and MV-enabled cameras deployed along forest boundaries detect animals straying beyond forest areas, helping prevent human-wildlife conflicts that threatens forest ecosystem health.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI monitoring technologies detect illegal encroachment and felling activities in protected forest areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>AI Innovations in Air and Water Risk Management<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artificial Intelligence is helping India manage air and water challenges, making cities and communities healthier and more climate-resilient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AIRAWAT Research Foundation at IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with IIT Delhi, is developing AI-driven solutions to tackle urban challenges such as air pollution, energy management, mobility, infrastructure, and waste management. AI-enabled sensors monitor air quality and bioaerosols in real time, helping cities respond quickly to pollution, reduce health risks, and plan for sustainable urban development. By combining data from multiple sources, AI makes cities smarter, safer, and more climate-resilient.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Groundwater and Drinking Water Risk Mapping:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed an AI-based model to detect arsenic contamination in drinking water, a serious problem affecting millions along the Ganga delta.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The model analyzes environmental, geological, and human usage data to predict which areas have high or low arsenic levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It identifies safe water sources and supports programs like the Jal Jeevan Mission, enabling better planning for safe groundwater use.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI and climate action in India highlights use of AI in weather prediction, disaster management, agriculture, and resource monitoring to build resilience and support sustainable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":97092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[6689],"class_list":{"0":"post-97110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-ai-and-climate-action-in-india","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97112,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97110\/revisions\/97112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}