A new study warns that delaying climate action will cost nations more than investing early in resilience projects. India, highly vulnerable to extreme weather, faces major risks to lives, infrastructure, and its economy.

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• Study shows resilience investment cheaper than repeated disaster recovery
• Led by economist Andrea Titton, University of Amsterdam
• Climate models simulated extreme weather and global supply chain shocks
• Diversifying suppliers not enough; no region safe from crisis
• India repeatedly hit by heatwaves, heavy monsoons, flash floods
• World Bank: India may lose 5% GDP by 2030 from low productivity, crop losses
• Punjab, other farm states lost crops, homes destroyed in monsoon floods
• Population size makes India frontline of climate disaster impacts
• Global losses may exceed $2 trillion if tipping points reached
• Even small policy mistakes could become very costly, study warns