India at the Crossroads: Navigating Climate Change and Development Challenges
Originally published in: https://tr.ee/xoYeaW_rvB The Impact of Climate Change on India's Development Trajectory India is ground zero for climate change, due to its location, terrain, and demographics. In the near future, India's internal and international debates will definitely be significantly dominated by the developing global issue of climate change. Responding to climate change will require reorganising economies and ways of life, utilising new technologies, developing inventive financial systems, and possibly even new political structures and institutions. India has made significant strides in raising wages and living standards over the past three decades. Prior to the epidemic, India's median annual income was $2,100, or little about $8 per day (World Bank, 2021). Despite an almost sixfold rise since 1990, the majority of Indians still reside in poverty. Over half of the total global CO2 emissions have been released in that same time frame (Ritchie and Roser, 20...