Climate Risk Index Report - India
India has been ranked 9th among the countries worst affected by climate-related disasters over the past 30 years according to the latest Climate Risk Index (CRI) report by Germanwatch.
Changes in Ranking
- Previous rank in 2023: 8th
- Current rank: 9th
- Improvement noted in the annual index from 10th in 2023 to 15th now, indicating possible resilience improvement.
Global and National Impact
- Globally, 8.32 lakh lives were lost from 1995 to 2024 due to extreme weather.
- India recorded 80,000 fatalities, contributing to 9.6% of the global death toll.
Economic and Environmental Impact
- India experienced 430 extreme weather events including droughts, cyclones, heatwaves, and floods in the past three decades.
- These events resulted in economic losses worth 170 billion USD.
Notable Extreme Weather Events
- 1998 Gujarat cyclone and 1999 Odisha cyclone.
- Cyclones Hudhud (2014) and Amphan (2020).
- 1993 Northern India floods, Uttarakhand floods (2013), and severe floods in 2019.
- Heatwaves with temperatures above 50°C in years like 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2015.
