India, Dec. 5 -- The report, which revealed the figures, was released in Madrid and has bolstered demands for implementing the 'Loss and Damage' mechanism

India suffered the maximum number of deaths - 2,081 - from climate-triggered extreme weather events in 2018, according to The Global Climate Risk 2020 report, released by non-profit, Germanwatch on December 4, 2019, in Madrid.

India was second in terms of economic losses in 2018. It came third in terms of both, human fatalities and economic losses, when considered for a two-decade period.

The report is based on average values over a twenty-year period, from 1998 to 2018.

Japan, with 1,282 deaths, came a distant second, according to the report.

India was ranked fifth with respect to...