Environmental Health
Climate and Health Adaptation for Resilience and Sustainable Healthcare Management in India (CHARM-India) project.
CHARM-India is a multi-institutional research and implementation project supported by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) initiative. The project addresses the increasing impact of climate change on health and healthcare systems in India, including risks associated with extreme heat, flooding, water- and vector-borne diseases, and other climate-related stresses.
The project aims to strengthen the resilience of healthcare systems by linking climate risk assessment with hospital-level planning and implementation. It will develop an integrated Climate-Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) framework, operationalise Hospital Climate Action Plans (H-CAPs), and pilot feasible adaptation and mitigation measures within routine hospital operations.
The project will be implemented across selected hospitals representing diverse climatic settings in India. The intended beneficiaries include healthcare institutions and their workforce, patients and communities served by these facilities, and policymakers and health-system stakeholders.



