About 85 per cent of India’s districts are exposed to extreme climate events while 45 per cent are witnessing a “swapping” trend, where districts once prone to floods are now facing droughts and vice versa, a study released on Friday found.
The study, by IPE Global and Esri India, also mapped the extreme climate events between 1973 and 2023 and found that the frequency, intensity and unpredictability of these climate extremes have increased fourfold in recent decades.