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Washington/New Delhi: The World Bank has released a report regarding global warming and climate change, which has given sleepless nights to the entire world. According to the report, if our carelessness towards carbon emissions and environment continues like this, then urban life will completely change by the year 2050. In the coming decades, billions of people living in cities may have to face such severe and deadly heat that it is difficult to even imagine today.

Heat wave intensity will increase by 700% in cities

A new report by the World Bank has made a shocking claim that the intensity and duration of heat waves in urban areas will increase in the future. Increase up to 700% It is possible Cities that have been transformed into concrete jungles will become ‘urban heat islands’, where the temperature will not drop even at night. Especially in those metros where there is less greenery and more population, it will become almost impossible to live life due to the heat.

A mountain of troubles will fall on the poor and weaker sections

This global crisis will hit the hardest the section of the society which is economically weak. Crores of people living in slums and cramped quarters, who do not have adequate means of cooling (like AC or cooler), will be the direct victims of this extreme heat. Acute water shortages and increasing demand for electricity will deepen this crisis, threatening a major humanitarian tragedy.

Health crisis and direct attack on the economy

Extreme temperatures will not only cause sweating, but it heat stroke, severe dehydration and respiratory illnesses Will cause. Doctors say that this condition can prove fatal for the elderly and children. Apart from this, due to heat, working hours will decrease and people’s efficiency will decrease, which is sure to have a direct impact on the country’s GDP and the global economy.

Loophole: Now or Never

The World Bank has warned that governments no longer have time to sit idle. The report recommends some mandatory steps:

Expansion of green area: To increase forests and parks within cities.

Heat Action Plan: To prepare a special strategy to deal with heat for every city.

Sustainable Cooling: Adopting such technology which does not harm the environment.

Reduction in carbon emissions: Taking rapid steps towards clean energy (Solar & Wind Energy).

If these warnings are not implemented in time, then for future generations the cities will remain only burning structures of concrete.