Climate

Heat, rain, air, pollution, emissions, and exposure.

7 explainers, and 4 still being built. Every chart comes with its data and its source.

Latest Are India's heat deaths being counted? Official heat deaths are narrow labels. CRS and MCCD show why: in 2023, 97.2% of deaths were registered, but only 22.0% had medically certified causes. 29 figures
Are India's big cities getting hotter? Across 38 cities, 36 are warmer than the 1940s. But feels-like heat is rising faster than the thermometer, exposing Delhi and Amritsar, which look flat on dry temperature alone. 10 figures · data through 2025 How much CO2 does India emit? But per person, the average Indian released just 2.2 tonnes. Coal dominates the total. Here are five key numbers to understand India's carbon dioxide emissions. 5 figures How much does India emit per person? In 2024, India's per capita CO₂ was 2.2 tonnes, far below the world average and major emitters, but its 1.4 billion people push the national total to 3.19 billion tonnes. 4 figures Is India's 2026 monsoon in trouble? IMD's June forecast gives a 60% chance of a deficient monsoon, driven by El Niño. But history shows El Niño loads the dice, not the outcome. The season is young. 8 figures What does El Nino do to India? It roughly doubles the odds of a weak monsoon, yet many El Nino years still finished wet. The Indian Ocean, irrigation and food stocks all soften the blow. 23 figures What India's AQI Can See, And What It Can't India's AQI is useful, but the public history underneath it is thinner than the dashboard feels. 10 figures

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