Bhubaneswar, Feb. 13 -- Between 1993 and 2022, India was among the top ten countries most affected by extreme climate events. As per the Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025 published by Bonn-based environmental organisation Germanwatch, there were more than 400 extreme weather events and at least 80,000 fatalities during this period.

The report https://www.germanwatch.org/en/cri also stated that the weather events caused a loss of nearly USD 180 billion (inflation adjusted) in the country as against nearly 4.2 trillion USD worldwide. The findings were shared after taking into account as many as 9,400 extreme weather events from 1993 to 2022, which killed over 7.65 lakh people globally.

In India, while there were devastating floods in 1993, 19...