India incurred a loss of $87 billion due to climate-related hazards last year

According to the ‘State of the Climate in Asia 2020’ report by the United Nations,...

...the year 2020 was one of the hottest years in Asia on record.

Extreme weather and climate change impacts across Asia in 2020 cost thousands of lives,...

...displaced millions of others and cost billions worth of infrastructure and ecosystems, said the report.

According to the report, India incurred a loss of $87 billion due to climate related hazards in 2020.

In 2020, floods and storms affected approximately 50 million...

...people including over 5,000 lives lost in Asia itself.

According to the UN report, India suffered the most in absolute value ($26.3 billion),...

...followed by China ($23.1 billion), due to extreme climatic events.

Bangladesh, Republic of Korea and Pakistan also suffered severe damages in 2020...

...but comparatively lesser than India and China

The number of people affected in India due to these extreme events in the year...

...2020 was 19 million, which is the highest among other Asian countries.

The UN report says that Cyclone Amphan, which severely damaged several...

...parts of West Bengal in India, was one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded.

It particularly affected 13.6 million people in India, the damages amounting to $14 billion.

Apart from the damages, the cyclone, which also hit the Sundarbans...

...in India and Bangladesh, also displaced 2.4 million people in India.