India's Heat Waves Threaten Progress and Development, Study Warns

India's progress towards sustainable development goals has been slowed down by the underestimated impact of extreme heat on the country's population, according to a study by researchers at Cambridge University. The study calls for an overhaul on how progress on development goals is measured to reflect the gravity of extreme heat in the country. Extreme heat is placing 80% of India’s 1.4 billion population in danger, but assessments of how vulnerable the country is to climate change don’t take into account how much the searing temperatures in recent decades are hampering goals like reducing poverty and improving health outcomes across India’s population.