COP 29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is underway at Baku, Azerbaijan. While delegates of the world’s countries deliberate on measures to mitigate climate change, here in Goa the November temperature does feel a fair bit warmer than usual. It is mid-November, but the nights and early mornings are not as cool as we were accustomed to in the past.
Goa, however, is not the only place that could be experiencing this, as reports emerge of places experiencing warmer months and years quite regularly and not a new phenomenon, either. Climate change, therefore, is real and as per reports coming from Baku, negotiators at the summit are in agreement that trillions of dollars will be needed to help lower-income countries adapt to climate change. Yet, is there a simple solution? As a lay person, it would be difficult to provide solutions.
But, as someone who has tracked climate change mitigation initiatives, there are numerous examples that can be found across the world, and one that caught attention comes from South America. Medellín, a city in Colombia, may have done something that we can learn from. By planting more trees, it has made a positive difference in the city’s temperature .
Its green corridors, reports say, have brought down temperatures by about 2 degrees Celsius. The green corridors, was an attempt to connect the green spaces in the city through avenues and streets surrounded by trees and shade. A BBC report states, ‘Sometimes referred to as the “Ci.
