image: Distribution of Very High and Highly Vulnerable Districts across India.
Credit: Dasgupta et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Climate-vulnerable districts of India face significantly higher risks of adverse health outcomes, including 25% higher rates of underweight children, per large scale analysis highlighting the threat of climate change in undermining gains in Sustainable Development Goals
Article URL: https://plos.io/3LCFo1n
Article title: Health SDGs are at risk from climate change: Evidence from India
Author countries: India
Funding: This paper was written with support from the Wellcome Trust, UK [226740/Z/22/Z], for a research grant. PD is the principal investigator, WJ the co-principal investigator, while GS, MC and G are research staff on the study team. The authors are solely responsible for the views expressed in this paper. The funder has played no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. https://wellcome.org/.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Health SDGs are at risk from climate change: Evidence from India
Article Publication Date
26-Nov-2025
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.