India is witnessing a myriad of issues caused by extreme weather events such as sweltering heat, droughts and massive flooding.

Among them, climate-induced migration holds particular significance for the South Asian nation, where a surprising number of people are already facing the threat of displacement with the figures expected to rise exponentially.

In 2020, an estimated 14 million people in India were forced to migrate as a consequence of extreme weather events, according to figures from the country's Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC).

IDMC's 2022 report states that India is seeing the third highest number of internal displacements due to disasters, after China and the Philippines.

The number of climate-related migrants in India is projected to reach 45 million by 2050, according to Climate Action Network South Asia.

Despite the severe risks of climate migration, India still lacks a policy framework.

"Many human mobilities are taking place that are, in part, due to climate change but are not identified as climate-linked," explained Mathew A. Varghese, professor at the Center for Urban Studies at Mahatma Gandhi University in the state of Kerala.

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