Odisha is emerging as one of India’s most climate-stressed states, with 80 per cent of residents reporting they personally experienced severe heat waves, according to a new study released Tuesday.

The study, conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and based on survey data collected between 2022 and 2025 from more than 19,000 respondents, created Climate Opinion Maps that track how people across states and districts experience extreme weather and view climate change.

Nationally, a majority of Indians reported facing severe heat waves (71 per cent), agricultural pests and diseases (59 per cent), electricity outages (59 per cent), water pollution (53 per cent), droughts and water shortages (52 per cent), and severe air pollution (51 per cent) in the past 12 months.

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