This document contains the presentation by Rais Akhtar on Climate change and extreme weather events mortality in India, presented at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
A severe El Nino in 1998 killed more than 2000 people and caused billions of dollars damage to crops and infrastructure in Australia and India. The 1998 El Nino severely affected the climatic conditions in India: causing heat waves which resulted in great loss of life.
Climate change will affect the health of urban populations. It represents a range of environmental hazards and will affect populations where the current burden of climate-sensitive disease is high
