businesstoday.in · Climate · 2026-08-29
61 % of Indian children face an extra month of heat stress every year
A new global study has found that 145 million Indian children, or 61% of those aged up to nine, face at least one additional month of heat stress every year due to climate change. The findings underline the growing health risks from dangerous humid heat, with the number of affected children projected to rise sharply as global temperatures increase. 61 % of Indian children face an extra month of heat stress every year
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