Mitigating and recovering from these frequent and large-scale events will become increasingly important for China and India to address. Given the scale of the challenge, could climate resilience become an opening for India-China cooperation? In April 2026, the visit by a Chinese delegation led by China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change to New Delhi suggests that climate cooperation remains a priority. Disaster mitigation and urban resilience could offer a relatively low-risk pathway for rebuilding trust. Greater coordination and cooperation could provide India and China with a pathway for a low-risk, win-win engagement.