Public housing and infrastructure developments across rural and peri-urban India are rarely designed to be ‘climate compatible’. Climate-compatible development addresses the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, use fewer resources and make buildings that can withstand weather-related disasters. This project aims to train people to use resources more efficiently and incorporate disaster-resilience in their planning and construction processes. It aims to customise skills and knowledge to the climatic conditions in coastal, semi-arid and wet-hilly terrains in India. The project has prepared materials for training modules, as well as developing construction guidelines and communication tools for decision-makers, engineers, architects, artisans and masons. These underline the need to incorporate climate-compatible approaches at both the planning and construction stages of development programmes. A major objective is to involve government representatives, particularly those in the Ministry of Rural Development, and State governments in Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, and Madhya Pradesh, so that they will incorporate guidelines in future regulations.