India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
As per the study conducted by the University of Oxford and published in the journal Nature Sustainability, it is reported that about 23% of the world's population was exposed to extreme heat conditions around 2010. This proportion is projected to increase significantly to about 41% by 2050 under a scenario of rising global temperatures. The study further indicates that nearly 3.79 billion people could be affected by extreme heat by mid-century, particularly in regions such as South Asia, Africa, and parts of Southeast Asia. The increase is attributed to global warming driven by continued greenhouse gas emissions, with impacts expected to intensify as global temperatures approa...