Climate crisis Part I
How prepared are we to face Climate Crisis? By Malini Shankar Digital Discourse Foundation We often hear about and read about Climate Change and the debilitating impact it is likely to have on human civilization. It often sounds like doomsday prophecy. But Climate Crisis is a series of events unfolding from any one such deleterious watershed event. Not necessarily an asteroid hit but let’s look at urban floods and how smart city management is a must… or a volcanic explosion that may trigger a volcanic winter and the consequences of volcanic winter, or impact of sea level rise. Each one of these stand-alone manifestations of extreme weather events have a series of impacts on human societies as well as All Other Creatures Great and Small. One extreme visualization: you may have to wade through urban flash floods while negotiating terms with a crocodile that escaped from the nearby zoo… so that both of you can reach home safely! Climate Change is not lik...
