In the past one year, India recorded at least four cyclones – Yaas, Tauktae, Asani and Gulab – displacing millions of people along the coastlines. Reasons behind this included the increased production of electricity using fossil fuels, transport, the production of cement, and deforestation, apart from the heightened forest fires and even volcanic eruptions to an extent. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has signaled ‘Code Red’ saying that with human-made climate change continuing, there’s a 48 per cent chance that the globe will reach a yearly average of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels of the late 1800s at least once between now and 2026.Ĭoncentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in May were 50 percent higher than during the pre-industrial era, reaching levels not seen on Earth for about four million years, the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in its latest report. In May, the entire northwestern and central belt of India went through a horrific heatwave with temperatures soaring above 45 degrees, and even touching 50 degrees Celsius, in several areas. While India continues to struggle with its own set of never-ending heatwaves, a report by the World Meteorological Organization said global average temperature rose by around 1.11 degree Celsius in 2021, and it is still rising. Here's a look at some of the major climate crises in India and around the world over the past year:
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However, this World Environment Day, we are here again sharing messages, celebrating it like just another special day.Īmid a truckload of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic to a raging war between Russia and Ukraine, one of the biggest and often the most overlooked concerns is the climate crisis.
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Excessive rain, excessive heat, cyclones and forest fires – these are just a few of the environmental sirens wailing at humans over the past decade – enough for all of us to take prompt initiatives, individual and at societal level, towards protecting the withering climate.