India, Nov. 19 -- With the global average concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activities recording the largest increase since measurement started in 1957, the world is experiencing perilously increasing extreme weather events - contrasting and in unusual geographies.

Nearly every day during January-September 2025, India recorded an extreme weather event, according to the annual "Climate India 2025" assessment released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Down To Earth magazine.

"India faced extreme weather events on 99 per cent of days in the first nine months of this year, marked by heat and coldwaves, lightning and storms, heavy rain, floods and landslides," says the assessment. Of the 273 days, in 270 days...