India, June 29 -- India is increasingly experiencing the effects of the climate crisis in ways that are impossible to ignore. Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, rainfall patterns more erratic, and water stress is affecting both cities and rural communities. Nearly 57% of India's districts, home to around 76% of the country's population, are now considered at high to very high risk from extreme heat. Recent surveys also show that 71% of Indians have personally experienced severe heatwaves and over half have experienced droughts and water shortages in the past year. Extreme weather events have become so frequent that India witnessed such events almost every day during much of 2025, highlighting the scale of disruption that climate risks ...