Watch: Technology, Science, and Policy: can they together save a warming planet?

Watch: Technology, Science, and Policy: can they together save a warming planet?

The Hindu’s deputy science editor Jacob Koshy discusses climate change with IISc professor Sambuddha Misra, Arunabha Ghosh, Founder-CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Climate Change and Air Quality, TERI.

“Climate change and economics have to be tied into one discussion,” said Dr. Ghosh. While what India commits to absolute reduction of greenhouse gases in the future is a matter of speculation, Dr. Ghosh said that we should counter climate change because three-quarters of the country’s districts are hotspots for climate change, and 80% of Indians are already living in areas that are highly vulnerable hydro-meteorological disasters.

While discussing about geoengineering techniques, geoengineering can have side-effects, which is why long-term pilot-scale studies are important, the Mr. Misra said.

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