Is India becoming too hot to live in?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
This year India has experienced its worst heatwave since records began. The heatwave is estimated to have led to dozens of deaths across the region and led to forest fires and damage to wheat crops.
Health and livelihoods are threatened by the rising temperatures. How much can India adapt to heat that is rising to the limit of human endurance and what needs to be done to mitigate the effects of climate change?
Presenter: Tanya Beckett Producer: Louise Clarke-Rowbotham Editor: Tara McDermott Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
(A worker stops for water in scorching heat near India Gate, New Delhi. Credit: Arvind Yadav/ Getty Images)
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| 0:21.2 | Welcome to the inquiry on the BBC World Service with me, Tanya Beckett. |
| 0:26.5 | One question, four expert witnesses and an answer. |
| 0:36.2 | This spring, India endured the most dramatic heat waves since records began |
| 0:41.8 | over a hundred years ago. |
| 0:43.4 | We are in Delhi in the middle of a severe heat wave that has gripped the city |
| 0:48.2 | and many other parts of the country. |
| 0:49.8 | There is a flooding and landslides in parts of Bangladesh and eastern India |
| 0:53.8 | have affected millions of people. |
| 0:55.6 | Four casters are predicting that a month and a half long heat wave |
| 0:58.8 | that has been punishing India is about to end. |
| 1:01.6 | In May, temperatures hit 47 degrees centigrade. |
| 1:06.0 | The heat wave is estimated to have led to at least 90 deaths across India and Pakistan |
| 1:12.8 | and has also led to amongst other things forest fires and damage to the wheat crop. |
| 1:18.4 | The extreme temperatures are being blamed on global warming. |
| 1:22.9 | India's government wants richer countries to help it prepare for adverse weather events |
| 1:28.3 | by building early warning systems and help fund reconstruction |
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