Written by PPL Newsroom• October 8, 2026• 8:56 am• Climate & Environment

Bengaluru to host India’s first city-wide Climate Data Week from 12 October

The five-day programme will bring over 30 events and 2,000 attendees together to apply data and AI to climate risk, decarbonisation and resilience.

The first edition of Bangalore Climate Data Week 2026 will be a city-wide platform focused on using data and AI to help solve real-world climate challenges, officials said on Wednesday. It will run from 12 to 16 October 2026, with more than 30 partner-led events across Bengaluru. The organisers say the aim is to connect people who work on climate and people who work on data.

Who is organising it, and what to expect

The initiative comes from the Climate Collective Foundation (CCF). Google is the Anchor Partner. The Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society and Startup Karnataka are State Innovation Partners. Climate Change AI, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure and the U.S.-India Business Council are Strategic Partners.

Organisers expect more than 2,000 attendees. They include researchers, climate-tech founders, investors, policymakers, corporates, technologists and practitioners. It is not a single conference. The programme is a series of summits, workshops, working sessions, networking events, startup pitches and career fairs.

Two events anchor the week. Google is Anchor Partner for the AI for Climate Tech Summit 2026, the flagship event. It will also co-host the AI for Resilience Tech Summit 2026 with CCF. The AI for Climate Tech Summit is listed for 13 October. The Industry Net Zero Innovation Summit: AI Edition is scheduled for 16 October. The wider themes include climate risk modelling and decision-support tools.

Why local data matters

CCF co-founder Nalin Agarwal said India has strong climate technology and data communities, but they often work in silos. The week is meant to encourage collaboration between them. He listed applying AI to industrial decarbonisation, anticipating climate risks efficiently, deploying solutions at scale and building a climate workforce among the goals.

Dr Indu K Murthy of the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), a knowledge partner, said India’s climate risks are “hyperlocal”. Her examples were a drought in one district, a flood in another, and heat waves that affect people differently depending on where they live. She added that generic global models cannot capture this detail, so India-specific climate data is foundational to resilience.

Other knowledge partners include Data.org, the Net-zero Energy Transition Association, the UC Davis Global South Center for Clean Transportation, Vasudha Foundation and WRI India. MathWorks and Salesforce are Technology Partners.

What this means for India

Bengaluru is the country’s best-known technology hub, and this week tests whether that expertise can be turned to local climate problems. CSTEP’s point is that risks differ from district to district, so decisions need local data rather than global averages. There is also a caution. One report estimates that cooling AI data centres in Bengaluru uses nearly 20 million litres of water a day. The city’s climate-AI conversation will have to weigh the benefits of the technology against its resource use.

What happens next

Registrations are open on the official website. Some listed events are free, and venue details are shared after registration approval. Agarwal said the organisers expect the conversations to continue well beyond the week. Whether the event produces working partnerships, shared datasets or deployed tools will become clear only after it ends.