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Table 3:<strong>Heat</strong> extremesDroughtSea-level riseTropical cyclonesFloodingRiver run-offWater availabilityCrop productionYieldsHealth and povertyUnusual heatUnprecedentedAbsent About 20 percent of land in boreal sum--with 20-30 percent of summer months impacts borealIncreased drought overand Afghanistan 32 . IncreasedIndia and Bangladesh 33Bangladesh 37InduscentGanges 20 percent increase in run-off 39 BrahmaputraOverallGroundwaterrechargeAll cropsMalnutritionand childhoodstuntingMalariadiseaseIn India, gross per capita waterdue to population growth under stress rain-fed areas- 10 percent aggravate groundwater stressone third decline in per capita cropproduction Relative risk of diarrheal diseasethe 2090s

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