5 Steps India should take to tackle Climate Change

1. Switch from Fossils to Renewables: India ought to switch rapidly from polluting fossil fuels to cleaner renewable energy.
2. India must invest in building much stronger coastal and inland defences against climatic damage.
3. Economic Resilience: It also needs to do more to build resilience in the sectors of agriculture, fisheries, manufacturing, energy, transport, health, and education.
4. Adequate Finance Allocation: The priority for spending at the national and State levels for disaster management needs to rise. Adequate resources must also be allocated for implementing climate action plans that most States have now prepared.
5. Build Global Consensus for Action: Indeed, India should be alarmed at ecological destruction even in faraway places like Amazon. As the country that is most at risk for climate damage, it should lead in pressing the global community to take sweeping climate action.

5 Reason Why Climate Change Hurts India More

1. HSBC Report: A new report from HSBC has categorized India as being the country most vulnerable to climate change — that is, the country most vulnerable to climatic changes, future extreme weather events, response options, and energy transition risks.
2. Tropical Location: A number of Indian States have experienced extreme heatwaves in the past three years, and the nation’s capital recently recorded a temperature of 48°C, its hottest day in 21 years.
3. Long Coastline: India’s exposure to climate hazards is heightened by the location of its vast coastline in the eye of the storm, across the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
4. Population Distribution: It also has a high population density located in harm’s way. For instance, Kerala, which experienced intense floods and landslides in 2018 and 2019, is among the States with the highest density.
5. Monsoon Dependent Economy: Increasing temperatures and changing seasonal rainfall patterns are aggravating droughts and hurting agriculture across the country.