A woman speaks on a mobile phone as she walks through a market on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Extreme heat has caused more than 24,000 deaths since 1992 and has also driven up air pollution and accelerated glacial melt in northern India, saidIndia is now "facing a collision of multiple, cumulative climate hazards", with extreme weather happening almost every day from January to October last year, they said.
As much as 90% of India's total area now lies in extreme heat danger zones, and it is not fully prepared, he warned. "The adaptation measures that are being put on paper are quite substantial ... and I think they have a very strong solid plan, but it's how they are implemented."