On the first day of January 2025, the Indian Meteorological Department [IMD]announced that 2024 was the hottest year on record. A study by the Council onEnergy, Environment and Water shows that nearly eight out of ten Indians live indistricts that are at risk of either a flood, a cyclone, or a drought. Nearly twentythree States in India are heatwave-prone. __________________________. In the summerof 2024, India recorded more than 44,000 cases of heatstroke and over 300 heat-related mortalities, as per the bulletin of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Water reservoirs and the energy demand that keeps India powered are impactedtoo. During a ten-day long heatwave in Delhi, peak power demand was 16% higherthan the previous year.