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Climate Risk Index 2025: India’s Rank and Findings

14 February 20251 min read
REPORTS & INDEXESClimate Risk Index2025: India’s Rankand Findings14 February 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

CRI 2025 shows India’s annual rank improving, yet long-term risk stays high.

Key facts

  • India’s rank: 7th (2019) to 49th (2022); over 1993-2022 it is 6th most affected.
  • Deadly events: floods (1993, 1998, 2013, 2019), heat waves (2002, 2003, 2015), cyclones such as Odisha 1999 and Amphan 2020.
Measure, 1993-2022IndiaWorld
Extreme weather events4009,400
Deaths80,000765,000
Economic damage$180 billion$4.2 trillion (inflation-adjusted)

Global trends

  • Death causes: storms 35%, heat waves 30%, floods 27%.
  • In 2022, 7 of the 10 most affected nations were high-income.
  • Top affected 1993-2022: Dominica, China, Honduras, Myanmar, Italy.

Exam angle

  • Publisher: Germanwatch.
  • India’s 1993-2022 position: 6th.

Test yourself

1. Which organisation publishes the Climate Risk Index 2025?

The index comes from the environmental think tank Germanwatch.

2. In the long-term Climate Risk Index assessment for 1993-2022, what is India's rank among most affected countries?

India remains 6th most affected over 1993-2022.

3. Which cause accounted for the largest share (35%) of global extreme-weather deaths in CRI 2025 findings?

Storms 35%, heat waves 30%, floods 27%.

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