India ranked sixth in the Climate Risk Index, facing over 400 extreme weather events from 1993-2022, causing 80,000 deaths ...
Globally, extreme weather events caused almost 800,000 deaths and 4.2 trillion US dollars in damage caused in 30 years ...
The government also referred to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data, which shows a significant rise in the frequency of extreme weather events, especially heatwaves. Between 2022 and 2024 ...