New Delhi, June 7 -- India has called for enhanced global collaboration to develop a real-time, localised heat-humidity index tailored to regional vulnerabilities as it noted that such climate extremes are trans-boundary and systemic threats.
"India has taken a proactive and forward-thinking approach to extreme heat risk management under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," said Dr PK Mishra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister.
Delivering the keynote address during the special session on Extreme Heat Risk Governance in Geneva, he stressed that rising temperatures pose a systemic risk to public health, economic stability, and ecological resilience.
"Heatwaves are trans-boundary and systemic risks, particularly for dense...