Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2026

Germanwatch has officially released the Climate Risk Index for twenty twenty-six. It ranks countries

by the human and economic toll of extreme weather events. Introduced in two

thousand and six, this index serves as a global climate impact benchmark. Between nineteen ninety-five

and twenty twenty-four, nearly ten thousand extreme weather events occurred. These caused over

eight hundred thousand deaths and four point five trillion dollars in damages. India specifically ranked

fifteenth in the two thousand and twenty-four index report. For the long-term period since nineteen

ninety-five, India holds the ninth position. The nation faced four hundred thirty

events, resulting in one hundred seventy billion dollar losses. Over the last