While the consequences of the climate crisis are unfolding across the entire subcontinent, temperatures in regions across India and Pakistan have reaching record highs.
A construction worker moved slowly, carefully, to avoid leaving.
This was, PMD found, the hottest temperature ever measured in any Northern Hemisphere city.
I met all of them during a fact-finding mission to India in the summer of 2018.
According to the IPCC, India is among the most likely to be affected by the torment.
Excess heat, I realized, ruined the well-being and livelihoods of India’s working poor.
“This is the first time in decades that Pakistan is experiencing what many call a ‘spring-less year,” said Sherry Rehman, the country’s Climate Minister.
In recent years, federal and state governments have put a series of measures in place to alleviate the effects of heatwaves, including schools closing and issuing health advice to people.
The heatwave in India isn't just about temperatures. The country is home to more than a billion people—almost a fifth of Earth's population. Many of them are experiencing oppressive heat.
Here's a quick map of cities scaled by population, colored by @NASA GEOS-5 air temps. pic.twitter.com/OumtKsuTvv
— Joshua Stevens (@jscarto) April 29, 2022
