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Air pollution and climate change caused over 1.7 million deaths in India in 2022, with fossil fuels, heatwaves, and worsening environmental conditions driving health and economic losses.
A 2025 Lancet Countdown report reveals that air pollution caused over 1.7 million deaths in India in 2022, a 38% increase since 2010, with fossil fuels responsible for 44% of those deaths, primarily from coal power and road transport.
In 2024, Indians faced nearly 20 heatwave days annually, 6.6 worsened by climate change, leading to a record 247 billion lost labor hours and $194 billion in income losses.
Heat exposure rose 124% since the 1990s, with agriculture and construction hardest hit.
Household air pollution remains a major rural health risk, while wildfire smoke caused about 10,200 deaths yearly.
Droughts now affect 138% more land than in the 1950s, and diseases like dengue and Vibrio are spreading faster.
La contaminación del aire y el cambio climático causaron más de 1.7 millones de muertes en la India en 2022, con los combustibles fósiles, las olas de calor y el empeoramiento de las condiciones ambientales provocando pérdidas económicas y de salud.