00:00India is currently facing one of its most intense heatwaves in recent years.
00:04We don't want to look at it, but the temperature variation that India in particular is experiencing
00:11is twice the temperature variation that the rest of the world is experiencing due to climate change.
00:17So temperatures have risen everywhere, but they have risen much, much more in India.
00:21Both the temperatures and the extreme weather events and the highs as well as the lows.
00:27But why is this happening?
00:29Climate change, it is right here upon us.
00:33It's the Anthropocene.
00:34We are in the middle of it.
00:37It's happening.
00:38A humid 38 degrees can be even more dangerous for the human body than dry heat at 44 degrees.
00:44And that matters because nearly 60 crore people live in the Indo-Gangetic plains.
00:50Global warming has pushed temperatures higher.
00:53Rapid urbanization has made cities even hotter.
00:56Pollution, traffic, waste burning and endless concrete growth have worsened the heat.
01:01Rising humidity has made conditions more dangerous.
01:04Just that we are pretending that it's a little thing or it's something that we will be able
01:10to avoid personally and for our families.
01:13Wishful thinking.
01:14India would rank among the lowest in terms of awareness.
01:18People don't want to talk of it.
01:19People don't want to acknowledge it.
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