Adaptitude: India and climate change
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The world’s most populous country is at the front line of climate change. Our deputy editor explores the many ways it is adapting—because it must. Our series The World Ahead continues by examining the plausibility of the incoming Trump administration’s policy promises (10:26). And the robots that can at last help with grape harvesting (18:26).
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