India faces a severe climate crisis that carries enormous human and financial costs. A Germanwatch Climate Risk Index report has showed that India suffered nearly $170 billion (Rs 15.07 lakh crore) in damages from extreme weather between 1995 and 2024. It ranks ninth among the world’s countries most affected by floods, heat waves, and cyclones.

The index, launched on November 11 at the UN climate summit (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, analysed almost 10,000 weather events over 30 years and found over 832,000 deaths globally linked to such disasters.

For India, the toll goes beyond money lost, with more than 80,000 lives claimed and countless families displaced. Flooding sweeps away homes, intense heat strains communities, and storms wreak havoc on entire regions.

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