{"id":255165,"date":"2023-08-07T21:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T16:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=255165"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T11:21:44","slug":"vikram-s-mehta-writes-on-the-climate-crisis-the-global-way-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vikram-s-mehta-writes-on-the-climate-crisis-the-global-way-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikram S Mehta writes on the climate crisis: The global way out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cVikram S Mehta writes on the climate crisis: The global way out<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian express\u201d on 7th August 2023.<\/p>\n

Syllabus:<\/strong> Environment Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment & Disaster and disaster management.<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> In this article discusses the growing global warming crisis and the challenges in addressing it due to political and social divisions. They mention a book by Duhaime suggesting the human brain can be conditioned for pro-environment actions. The author believes that, like the global response to Covid19, collaboration is key.<\/p>\n

What are the challenges in addressing growing global warming crisis?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Political and Social Divisions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world is divided geopolitically, especially between the US and China.<\/p>\n

Escalating tensions and economic nationalism hinder global cooperation.<\/p>\n

The US Inflation Reduction Act and Europe\u2019s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) show a swing towards economic nationalism.<\/p>\n

Economic Implications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former US Secretary Henry Paulson warns against only focusing on solar and wind.<\/p>\n

Solar facilities can destroy forests.<\/p>\n

Mining can harm sensitive areas.<\/p>\n

Wind turbines have caused one million bird deaths.<\/p>\n

Environmental Warnings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Meteorological Organization says July was the “hottest week on record”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One year between 2024-2027 will exceed the 1.5 C temperature rise limit set at COP 21.<\/p>\n

Xinjiang saw a high of 52.2 C.<\/p>\n

Phoenix faced 19 straight days of above 43 C.<\/p>\n

Forest fires are increasing in southern Europe.<\/p>\n

Natural Tipping Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The North Atlantic Gulf stream is at risk of collapsing by the 2050s.<\/p>\n

Such a collapse would drastically change global climates.<\/p>\n

What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Limit Global Warming<\/strong>: Ensure global temperatures don’t exceed 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, as set in COP 21.<\/p>\n

Renewable Energy:<\/strong> Increase the share of renewables in the energy mix, as suggested by the president of COP28, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.<\/p>\n

Innovate:<\/strong> Scale up technologies like green hydrogen and carbon capture.<\/p>\n

Financial Commitments:<\/strong> Governments should meet their financial pledges towards climate action.<\/p>\n

Holistic Solutions:<\/strong> Avoid singular solutions like solely focusing on solar and wind, as they can have unintended environmental consequences. For example, solar facilities on forested land or wind turbines causing bird deaths.<\/p>\n

Global Cooperation:<\/strong> Collaborate internationally to address the crisis, as done during the Covid19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Brain Conditioning:<\/strong> Leverage the “plasticity” of the human brain, as mentioned in Duhaime\u2019s book, to encourage pro-environment policies.<\/p>\n

Avoid Destruction:<\/strong> Refrain from projects that harm nature, such as mining in sensitive areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cVikram S Mehta writes on the climate crisis: The global way out\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian express\u201d on 7th August 2023. Syllabus: Environment Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment & Disaster and disaster management. News: In this article discusses the growing global warming crisis and… Continue reading Vikram S Mehta writes on the climate crisis: The global way out<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[59,216],"class_list":["post-255165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-environment","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702716729},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}