India, July 16 -- A new analysis found that India was among the countries worst affected by heat-related sleep loss, with cities in southern India losing 78-91 hours of sleep a year to high nighttime temperatures, including 8-9 hours attributable to climate change.

The report, 'Climate Change is Costing People (2020-2025) by Climate Central, noted that the burden falls hardest on older adults, women, low-income households and those without cooling, and was amplified by the urban heat island effect in dense cities.

Global average annual heat-related sleep loss in 2020-2025 was calculated at 56 hours and about 10% of this was due to climate change. West Asia topped this chart, with cities in Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE losing 12 to 16 ...