Giving Compass' Take:

· Global Citizen reports that the excessive greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change are making parts of India uninhabitable because of the extreme heat. Joanna Prisco explains that unless the government takes action and raises awareness, hundreds of millions of people will be displaced or face serious health risks.

· How would extreme heat affect the current food system? How would it affect labor productivity? 

· Read more about the relationship between climate change and public health issues.

Extreme heat is devastating the health and livelihoods of tens of millions in South Asia — and it’s only getting worse, according to experts.

Scientists warn that if global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at the current clip, heat and humidity levels in India will make it entirely uninhabitable, reports The New York Times.

“These cities are going to become unlivable unless urban governments put in systems of dealing with this phenomenon and make people aware,” said Sujata Saunik, who served as a senior official in the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs and is now a fellow at the Harvard University School of Public Health, in an interview with the Times. “It’s a major public health challenge.”

Extreme heat can kill, as it did in Pakistan in May when more than 65 residents living in poverty succumbed to temperatures of 111 degrees Fahrenheit during Ramadan, reported Newsweek.

Read the full article about climate change in India by Joanna Prisco at Global Citizen.