Southeast Asia is the first to experience the brunt of global warming

Climate change that has affected our planet in recent decades is already beginning to negatively affect the inhabitants of the Earth. One of those regions where climate desiccation and environmental degradation is acutely felt is the South Asian region. Here are countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma. This is one of the most densely populated regions of our planet, the population of which is about 1.5 billion and is constantly growing.

According to scientists, a further increase in air temperature in this part of the land will create difficult living conditions, and in the future will make it completely unsuitable for life. The fact is that Southeast Asia is a territory of lowlands and plains with a humid climate and an extensive irrigation system. American scientists have analyzed the "wet thermometer temperature" and the prospects for its change over the next 100 years. By this concept is meant a combination of two indicators - air temperature and its humidity. With increasing temperature, there is an increase in air humidity. And at some point it reaches such indicators that no object can cool itself through the evaporation of excess moisture. Scientists consider the temperature of + 35 ° C to be such a critical mark for this region. The indicator is very important in terms of a comfortable stay of a person in the open air. Indeed, the majority of the population of India, Bangladesh and neighboring countries still live in rural areas and devote most of their time to cultivating fields and growing food crops. Such a long exposure to the sun is accompanied by the need for the body to cool itself through evaporation. According to the data received, most of the territory of India in only 80-100 years will be unsuitable for human life.

According to experts in the field of climate change, this situation has developed in this region, including through the fault of India itself and neighboring countries. The fact is that in Southeast Asia the largest economies of the world are concentrated, such as India and China. These countries have not yet joined the global greenhouse gas emission reduction program. Governments hold that reducing emissions will lead to a decline in production and lead to lower economic growth. Such an alarm is justified, because the population of these two countries, according to demographers, is about 2.7 billion people, and they all need a stable economic future. But how to find that middle ground in which economic prosperity will not go against the usual living conditions of the peoples living in this vast region? The current generation will have to take care of this, otherwise by the end of this century the world will face the largest geopolitical catastrophe of our time.