Scaling climate adaptation from policy to grassroots
The Hindu·4h ago·Neutral
What Happened
India, the ninth most climate-vulnerable nation, recorded 430 extreme weather events between 1995 and 2024, causing $170 billion in losses affecting 1.3 billion people. Updated Nationally Determined Contributions emphasize mainstreaming climate resilience into development strategy across coastal resilience, infrastructure, disaster preparedness, heat mitigation, and biodiversity conservation.
Key Entities
IndiaClimate changeNationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)Extreme weather eventsCOP30Adaptation finance