During the severe heatwave conditions reported in the year 2026, 95 of the world's 100 hottest cities were in India, underlining growing concerns about rising temperatures and climate-related risks. This issue is most directly related to which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of the United Nations?
SDG 13
The UN has 17 Sustainable Development Goals. SDG 13 is 'Climate Action' — take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, including strengthening resilience to climate-related hazards such as extreme heat.
Extreme heatwaves that put 95 of the world's 100 hottest cities in India are a direct manifestation of rising temperatures and climate risk, so the issue maps most directly to SDG 13.
SDG 15 is 'Life on Land' (forests, biodiversity), SDG 6 is 'Clean Water and Sanitation', and SDG 11 is 'Sustainable Cities and Communities'; these are related only indirectly, not to climate risk itself.
Hence, the answer is SDG 13.
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