PARLIAMENT QUESTION: RISE IN TEMPERATURE

• Parliament Question answered by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) on 01 April 2026 detailing projections on global heat exposure and India's adaptation machinery.
• Cites an Oxford University study in Nature Sustainability projecting that the share of global population exposed to extreme heat will rise from ~23% (c.2010) to ~41% by 2050, i.e., ~3.79 billion people, concentrated in South Asia, Africa, Southeast Asia.
• Relevant for GS-I (geography/climate), GS-III (environment, disaster management) and Prelims (IMD, HAPs, NDMA, UNFCCC commitments).