India, April 29 -- India could witness an additional 15 to 40 unusually hot days every year over the next two decades because of accelerating climate change, compared with the 1981-2010 baseline, according to projections by CRAVIS, a new AI-powered climate intelligence platform launched on Wednesday.

The platform also projects that unusually warm nights could rise by 20 to 40 days annually across several regions during the same period, signalling mounting heat stress and growing pressure on energy systems, health infrastructure and the economy.

"Unusually hot days" refer to days when daily mean temperatures exceed the district-specific 90th percentile threshold, based on the 1981-2010 climatic baseline.

CRAVIS has been developed by the...