18 dead in India, Bangladesh floods; millions without homes
CBSMAY 2022
The recent torrid heatwaves and torrential floods in India and Bangladesh both bear the clear, unmistakable fingerprints of a climate emergency throughout the region. Very sadly, both nations have failed to invest adequately in climate resilience and adaptation, and it's the poor who must bear the brunt of these twin climate disasters because of improper government planning.
The governments are doing the best they can. Unfortunately, while the richest nations are preoccupied with short-term inflationary and supply issues, the developing world faces the massive and irreversible effects of climate change with little help. Successive empty promises mean poorer countries are alone fighting an economic, social, and environmental battle that their vulnerable infrastructures are unprepared to deal with.
It's easy to dismiss any extreme weather event as a consequence of climate change, but in reality they're usually influenced by a myriad of factors. More research is needed before we can establish any direct causal link between the two.