The battle to beat the heat
Hindustan Times Patna|January 03, 2025
The warming levels reached in 2024 are a warning. The time for climate action is now

“We must exit this road to ruin,” UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said this week as 2024 was announced as the hottest year on record. This was not hyperbole—the last 10 years being the 10 hottest in the logs of annual global temperature does make for a ruinous route. With India and China recording 2024 as their hottest years as well, over a third of humanity dealt with unprecedented heat last year. The question now is whether exiting the road to ruin is possible at all, and if it is possible, what needs to be done?

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