Extreme heat with almost 50 degrees, torrential rain, cyclones, drought, and floods.

According to the Indian environmental organization Center for Science and Environment, India is hit by climate disasters almost daily.

Almost 3,000 people have died and 400,000 houses have been destroyed in extreme weather in the past nine months alone.

India has also been forced to suspend rice exports, as crops have been destroyed.

The cost of these types of losses in India was $87 billion in 2020, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization.

Demand for compensation

At COP27 in Egypt, India is therefore expected to demand that the rich countries, which have mostly caused climate change, join and pay for damages in connection with extreme weather.

At the last climate summit in Glasgow, India committed to become climate neutral by 2070. Already, the expansion of solar power is going fast in India, which has improved the promise of renewables to 50 percent by 2030 instead of 40 percent.

As the world's third largest emitter after the US and China, India is a key player at global climate summits.

So far, India's emissions per person are less than half that of Sweden.

But that could change quickly.

High growth and increased energy demand

Indian growth is high compared to other major economies and India is expected to increase its energy needs the most of all countries in the coming years.

Expanding renewables at the same pace is a challenge.

Therefore, India is expected to try to increase the amount in the climate fund that the rich world must pay to the developing countries.

The 100 million promised so far for, among other things, the expansion of renewable energy sources, are not considered to match the costs, according to what is known as the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG).

India will also take up a brand new item on the agenda, Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE).

The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has created the concept that urges the world to move from wasteful consumption to a more thoughtful use of natural resources.