CLIMATE: COULD 50°C BECOME THE NEW NORMAL?

“Adapting to new heat norms is inevitable, but the good news is that we already have a wealth of heat–reduction strategies available to us”

ore and more heatwave records are shattered every year. Last month, we saw temperatures max out at around 51°C in central Pakistan, while last year saw a nearly 5°C toppling of the previous temperature record in western Canada. For some of India’s current heatwaves, we have estimated that climate change has made them 100 times more likely, and by