India, Nov. 6 -- The impacts of the climate crisis are uneven, with poor and developing countries bearing the brunt. India is one of the most climate-impacted countries globally. According to Down to Earth, in 2024, India experienced extreme weather events - including floods, droughts, heat waves, rainfall and temperature variability and glacial melt - on 322 days. According to Germanwatch's Climate Risk Index 2025, India has lost more than 80,000 lives and suffered more than 180 billion dollars to extreme weather events in the last three decades.

Despite not being a historical contributor to the climate crisis - with per capita carbon emissions far below the global average at the present moment too - India's engagement with the climate ...