The climate adaptive heat action plan is designed to improve the management of heat-related risks in Surat. Its basis is the spatial distribution of the city’s heat hotspots and the poor people living in these heat islands. The reason is simple: these heat islands are warmer compared to the other parts of the city and the urban poor have very few coping measures to combat extreme heat. The plan is also gender-sensitive because women have to cope with much more during high temperatures for reasons of body physiology and cultural construct – domestic chores like cooking continuously before a stove fire, and fetching water from a source outside the house, among others, increase their exposure to high heat. The overall purpose of this plan is to collaborate with the city to prioritize and adopt strategies that will help Surat become a climate- resilient smart city.