Climate Risk Index 2026

GLOBAL CLIMATE RISK INDEX BY GERMANWATCH EXPLAINED

The Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2026 warns that climate disasters since 1995 have killed 832,000 people and caused $4.5 trillion in losses. Poorer nations, including India with 80,000 deaths and $170 billion losses, suffer most. Germanwatch urges urgent COP30 action on finance and ambition.