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Increasing heat waves and droughts, rainfall events and a likelihood of more cyclonic activity this is what is in store for India and the subcontinent over the coming decades, according to a report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 09 August 2021. The report, ‘Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis’, is the first part of IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) its latest evaluation of the state of Earth’s climate and the impact on the planet and life forms. In a grim reminder of the threat posed by climate change, the report raises a crucial red flag that global temperatures have already risen by about 1.1 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial times, and warns that the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold was likely to be breached before 2040.