The Hindu’s deputy science editor Jacob Koshy discusses local weather change with IISc professor Sambuddha Misra, Arunabha Ghosh, Founder-CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Climate Change and Air Quality, TERI.
“Climate change and economics have to be tied into one discussion,” mentioned Dr. Ghosh. While what India commits to absolute discount of greenhouse gases sooner or later is a matter of hypothesis, Dr. Ghosh mentioned that we must always counter local weather change as a result of three-quarters of the nation’s districts are hotspots for local weather change, and 80% of Indians are already dwelling in areas which can be extremely susceptible hydro-meteorological disasters.
While discussing about geoengineering strategies, geoengineering can have side-effects, which is why long-term pilot-scale research are vital, the Mr. Misra mentioned.
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