India, May 19 -- India experienced an average of six additional pregnancy heat-risk days every year between 2020 and 2024, a new analysis by US-based non-governmental organisation Climate Central has found.

In the last five years, climate change has at least doubled the average annual number of days that are dangerously hot for pregnant women in nearly 90% of the countries and territories, and 63% of the cities, compared to a world without climate change.

Climate change accounted for nearly one-third of the average annual number of pregnancy heat-risk days in India from 2020 to 2024 (adding six out of 19 days). Among all analysed cities in India, Panaji in Goa experienced the most additional pregnancy heat-risk days each year on average...