India reports climate-driven changes in weather patterns and extreme events
19 Mar, 2026
India reports climate-driven changes in weather patterns and extreme events
Unit 7 — Data InterpretationUnit 9 — People, Development and Environment
What Happened?
A parliamentary response on 19 March referred to the national climate assessment, which documents a rise in India's surface air temperature of about 0.7°C during 1901-2018 and changes in moisture, rainfall extremes, droughts and tropical-cyclone intensity.
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