India is integrating Artificial Intelligence into climate governance, disaster preparedness, and sustainable development, strengthening early warning systems and community-level resilience nationwide.

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• At the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 held at Bharat Mandapam, global leaders highlighted AI’s role in climate resilience under the pillars of People, Planet and Progress.
• The India Meteorological Department uses AI-assisted tools like Advanced Dvorak Technique to enhance cyclone intensity estimation and storm tracking accuracy.
• The Ministry of Earth Sciences has installed 22 PetaFLOPS high-performance computing systems, dedicating nearly ten percent capacity to AI-based forecasting workloads.
• Researchers at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have created a virtual AI centre, collaborating with IITs, NITs, ISRO and DRDO for advanced modelling.
• Indigenous AI-based landslide early warning systems in Himachal Pradesh provide alerts up to three hours before slope failure with over ninety percent accuracy.
• Flood forecasting has improved through the Indian Land Data Assimilation System supported by Indian Space Research Organisation, strengthening preparedness in Ganga and Brahmaputra basins.
• The Bharat Forecasting System launched in 2025 delivers six-kilometre resolution forecasts, enabling Gram Panchayat-level weather advisories for agriculture and disaster planning.
• Institutions like Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur are developing AI models for groundwater safety and real-time air quality monitoring.