A Warming Planet is Global, Adaptation is Local & Resilience People-Specific

Men riding on tricycle rickshaws amidst the scorching sun in a street in New Delhi, India. Credit: Pexels/Soubhagya Maharana

By Sanjay Srivastava, T N Singh, Praveen Kumar and Naina Tanwar
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 2 2024 (IPS)

The summer of 2024 has shattered heat records, starkly illustrating the harsh realities of our warming planet. In India alone, the heatwave has claimed over 100 lives and caused more than 40,000 cases of heatstroke in recent months, according to data from India’s Health Ministry.