South Asians already experience periodic heatwaves at current levels of warming. But new
At the same time, limiting warming to 1.5 °C,will likely reduce this impact by half. Yet lethal heat stress will become common in South Asia. This conclusion was reached by scientists of the American Geophysical Union, who published the results of the study in the journal.Geophysical Research Letters.
Almost a quarter of the world's population lives in South Asia, according to the data. In this regard, the authors of the new work emphasize the urgency of solving the problem of climate change.
“South Asia's Future Looks Grim, But Worstcan be avoided by keeping global warming to a minimum, ”said Moetasim Ashfaq, a climate scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and author of the new study. - You need to act today, not in the future. It's not a choice anymore. "
According to the Intergovernmental Group of Expertson climate change, since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the Earth has warmed up by 1 ° C. At the current climatic trajectory, it could reach 1.5 ° C by 2040. South Asian countries have little time to adapt, scientists explain. “An increase of only half a degree will lead to irreversible consequences,” they conclude.
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