New Delhi: India has ranked among the top 10 countries most affected by extreme weather events, which claimed over eight lakh lives worldwide between 1995 and 2024. Across the country, floods, heatwaves, cyclones, and drought caused economic losses of nearly USD 170 billion and over 80,000 fatalities.

This data comes from ‘Climate Risk Index 2026’, a new report released on 11 November by the not-for-profit organisation, Germanwatch. The report reveals the extent of devastation by extreme weather events, only exacerbated by climate change, as leaders meet in Brazil for COP30.

At least 9,700 extreme weather events have struck the world over the past 30 years, the report stated. Show Full Article

Published every year since 2006, the report is one of the longest-running annual impact-relat

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