Climate change will wreak havoc on Northeast, but we couldn’t care less

December initiates several conversations: the crisp weather, the beautiful, sunny landscapes, the ideal ‘kadak-ness’ of our tea, and, of course, the lilting sounds of Christmas carols amidst mesmerising night skies. Winters, truly, is when you must visit the Northeast. From the sun-kissed plains of Assam to the bone-chilling mountains of Sikkim and Arunachal, there is something for every visitor.

But for how long?

Anyone living in Guwahati would agree that the winter here has become much milder, so much so that no one needs warm clothes during the day anymore. But to use that as an example for climate change would be simplistic and erroneous. But in November, a World Bank report on Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling sector showed us that if our present is troublesome, our future looks scary, to say the least. And of course, this barely made headlines.