{"id":326758,"date":"2025-02-14T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=326758"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:50:13","slug":"climate-risk-index-cri-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/climate-risk-index-cri-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025 report highlighted that India registered at least 80,000 fatalities and nearly $180 billion in economic losses (inflation-adjusted) due to climate change-induced extreme weather events between 1993 and 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Climate Risk Index (CRI)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an annual report published by the <\/span><b>environmental organization Germanwatch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It evaluates the <\/span><b>impact of extreme weather events globally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ranks countries based on <\/span><b>their vulnerability to climate-related disasters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The <\/span><b>CRI aims to highlight countries that are most affected by extreme weather<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>emphasize the need for stronger climate policies and disaster preparedness<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Key Findings from CRI 2025 Report on India\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Fatalities and Economic Impact:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least <\/span><b>80,000 people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> died due to <\/span><b>extreme weather events<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0 India suffered <\/span><b>$180 billion in losses (inflation-adjusted)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. India\u2019s Global Standing:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India ranked <\/span><b>6th globally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among <\/span><b>nations worst hit by climate disasters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India accounted for <\/span><b>10% of global fatalities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>extreme weather events<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. India contributed <\/span><b>4.2% of global economic losses.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Frequency of Extreme Weather Events: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India faced more than 400 extreme weather events from 1993 to 2023. These events impacted 4.6 crore (46 million) people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Major Types of Extreme Weather in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Heat Waves:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Extremely high temperatures, often <\/span><b>touching 50\u00b0C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially in <\/span><b>1998, 2002, 2003, and 2015<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Floods and Landslides:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Recurring <\/span><b>floods and landslides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> led to <\/span><b>mass displacement and damage to agriculture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Cyclones:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Coastal regions were <\/span><b>severely affected by destructive cyclones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>1998 Gujarat Cyclone, 1999 Odisha Super Cyclone, Cyclone Hudhud (2014) and Cyclone Amphan (2020)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Climate Change as a Key Driver: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change made extreme heat 30 times more likely in India. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global warming is intensifying these events, making floods, heatwaves, and cyclones more frequent and severe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Social and Economic Consequences:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Floods and droughts force rural populations to migrate to cities. Farmers suffer crop damage, leading to financial stress and food shortages.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025 report highlighted that India registered at least 80,000 fatalities and nearly $180 billion in economic losses (inflation-adjusted) due to climate change-induced extreme weather events between 1993 and 2023. About Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025 The Climate Risk Index (CRI) is an annual report published by the environmental organization&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/climate-risk-index-cri-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-326758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}