Extreme heat is pushing India to the brink of ‘survivability.’ One obvious solution is also a big part of the problem | CNN
Extreme heat is pushing India to the brink of ‘survivability.’ One obvious solution is also a big part of the problem | CNN
When blistering extreme heat gripped India’s capital this summer, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling under the burning sun to provide for his family.
By 2050, India will be among the first places where temperatures will cross survivability limits, according to climate experts.
I've been saying this for years, one major heatwave rolls aver a continent and millions will die.
Its going to happen to crops first, and obviously then famine.
Heat already damaged their crops, read the article.
That's the opening chapter of Kim Stanley Robinson 's Ministry for the Future book.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
And as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) this June – closing schools, damaging crops and putting pressure on energy supplies – the heat was making his family sick too.
And within that time frame, the demand for air conditioners (AC) in the country is also expected to rise nine-fold, outpacing all other appliances, according to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The World Economic Forum (WEF) estimates that – if not reined in – air conditioning-related greenhouse gas emissions could account for up to a 0.5 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures by the end of the century.
Still, countries that lack access to adequate cooling need help to meet the cost of energy improvement, according to Radhika Khosla, associate professor at Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise and Environment.
It was, he said, “an important moment for emphasizing the need to proactively and urgently address cooling demand growth, including in agriculture where sustainable cold chains can prevent food loss and improve nutritional outcomes.”
Penta Anil Kumar, a businessman who lives in Lajpat Nagar, a bustling south Delhi neighborhood, said he is aware of the harmful emissions released from his air conditioner, and deliberately bought an energy efficient model able to meet his cooling needs.
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If only they could build housing underground, the need for heating or cooling greatly reduces. But this would require India to have decent infrastructure, planning and foresight. Hard to do with so much religous / political nonsense (caste system + modi ) standing in the way of progress
First everyone needs a toilet.
Are we now blaming people in less developed countries for climate change because they don't want to burn in the heat from climate change?
India and China are a couple of the biggest polluters. They also just happen to be in an area that will be one of the hardest hit, especially with their size of their population.
Let's look at the data, shall we?
- the top 4 planet heating polluters of 2022 are China, India, the USA and the EU ... responsible for 82% of emission in 2022
- China may be the biggest emitter overall, but the average American is responsible for nearly twice as much climate pollution as the average person in China Source
- historically the USA is the top CO² polluter ever, contributing over 400 billion tonnes since 1751 ... more than twice what China has contributed
- the EU is second to the USA at 300 billion tonnes since 1751 Source
China is also blasting through their Paris commitments like they're nothing. It's actually absurd how much they're going to beat their Paris commitments by.
Even as China builds new supercritical coal plants, they're tanking utilization of existing coal plants to the point where peak fossil fuel use (according to the IEA) could happen THIS YEAR.
I don’t know if you’re attempting to play the fairness card with current emissions while ignoring historical and ignoring per capita but no one’s buying that here.
Assuming everyone is only in it for their own greedy short term gain without care for everyone else
- US can handle it. Sucks for the rest of the world
- China is racing for renewables, EVs, rail. They’re going to beat their own record at transitioning a huge economy with huge people
- India is going to struggle. They already have problems with climate, lack of water, over population, and poverty. They don’t want to obstruct growth by investing in renewable energy, but their own climate, their own people will be among the hardest hit. Now the solution is buying air conditioners for all those people? It may be fair but it’s too late and they can’t afford the cost to their own climate
NIMBY’s gonna be upset when they find out the planet is their backyard.
They can’t afford either the cost of AC for their population or the additional hit on the environment. I believe they’re also lagging in renewable energy with similar rationalization
While I can see their argument for fairness, it’s too late. They missed their opportunity and trying to follow in the footsteps of earlier developed countries is just going to leave them further behind. You can't buy yourself out of the problem this way, it only buys more of the problem
I don’t know very much about India but it seems like they really need to start moving their population either toward mountains or underground. I have no idea how you move a billion people or even if the geography would allow that, but it’s a better solution than buying air conditioners for a billion people and powering them with coal
India's climate will be fine centuries from now as it was a millenia ago.
Haha