Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9FlbeYAdTni5bcLPEfhxDg

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
Time: 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM IST  (+ 05:30 UTC)
Organised by: All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) and Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities (AERC)

The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) and Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities (AERC) are organising an Indo-Afro Roundtable on Lessons on Extreme Heat, Health, and Livelihood Action on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

The roundtable will bring together experts and practitioners from India and Africa to discuss practical ways to address the growing risks of extreme heat. The discussion will focus on early warning to early action, data and technology, community-centred adaptation, heat-health protection, livelihood security, and heat-resilient infrastructure.

The roundtable aims to promote South–South learning and identify opportunities for collaboration between India and Africa on locally led heat resilience, especially for vulnerable workers, informal settlements, small businesses, and at-risk communities.

🎯Key Objectives:

1. To exchange practical experiences from India and Africa on managing extreme heat risks.
2. To strengthen early warning to early action for protecting health, livelihoods, and vulnerable communities.
3. To identify opportunities for collaboration on community-centred heat resilience, data use, technology, and local adaptation.

💬 Key Discussion Areas:

1. Early Warning to Early Action: Turning heat forecasts into timely local action to protect health, workers, livelihoods, and vulnerable communities.
2. Data, Technology, and Decision-Making: Using climate data, digital tools, forecasting systems, and AI to improve heat risk planning and response.
3. Community-Centred Heat Resilience: Strengthening locally led adaptation, awareness, capacity building, cooling solutions, and heat-resilient livelihoods.

🎤Speakers:

1. Sandra Efua Attah Dickson
   Nature-Based Solution Lead, Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities, Ghana
2. Safi Ahsan Rizvi
   Former Advisor, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), India
3. Elvis Kyere-Gyeabour
   Breathe Cities Portfolio Manager, Clean Air Fund, Ghana
4. Richard Matey
   Executive Director, Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), Ghana
5. Rehanaben Riyawala
   CEO, Grassroot Trading Network for Women (GTNfW), India
6. Denis Nkala
   Expert, South-South Cooperation

📢 Join us to explore how learning from India and Africa can inform more inclusive, practical, and locally grounded action on extreme heat, health, and livelihoods for cities, communities, women workers, vulnerable workers, small businesses, informal settlements, and at-risk groups.