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1.8bn people in South Asia face extreme heat risks by 2030
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
|June 04, 2025
Nearly 1.8 billion people in South Asia will face extreme heat risks by 2030, but market failures and income constraints are forcing them to rely on basic adaptation measures, a World Bank report said on Tuesday.
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South Asia is the most climate-vulnerable region among emerging market and developing economies, according to the report titled "From Risk to Resilience: Helping People and Firms Adapt in South Asia."
Temperature projections show that by 2030, approximately 89% of South Asia's population will face extreme heat risks.
In 2021, an average of six hours a day were too hot to safely work outside in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. That is expected to rise to seven or eight hours a day by 2050.
This story is from the June 04, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Bengaluru.
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