Chennai, Nov 22 (PTI) The Tamil Nadu government and the United Kingdom jointly launched a "Heat Resilience Centre" for the state to strengthen its capacity to address rising extreme heat conditions. According to a statement, a Letter of Intent (LoI) was signed between Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department, Supriya Sahu and Seema Malhotra MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Government of the United Kingdom. The Heat Resilience Centre would serve as Tamil Nadu's nodal institution to coordinate heat-risk management across sectors. It would establish a scientific and institutional governance framework, build technical capacity across departments, including health and urban development, among others. The centre would also generate evidence, clima

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