Why India could face a food and fuel crisis | Global News Podcast

We take a look at how climate change, extreme weather and the wars in Ukraine and Iran are pushing South Asia closer to the brink of a food and fuel crisis.

Speaking at the COP31 summit in Turkey, United Nations chief António Guterres warned that “the climate crisis is outrunning us” and that the world is on “the path to mutually assured destruction”.

Experts have added that the effects of climate change are being exacerbated by a “super” El Niño. Farmers in India and the wider region have struggled with droughts this year, Indonesia faced wildfires and Nepal was hit with deadly flash floods.

Meanwhile, the US and Israel’s war with Iran, the reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and the targetting of energy infrastructure across the Gulf by Iran and its allies have raised the price of fuel and limited supplies of fertiliser.

00:00 Introduction
00:58 COP and climate change warnings
02:50 How is El Niño’s affecting Asia?
04:20 What extreme weather means for food inflation in India
06:30 Climate justice for developing countries
08:50 How the Ukraine and Iran wars affect fuel and food prices in Asia
11:08 Cost of living protests in Bangladesh and beyond

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