The goal of reducing global warming has been set in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. However, a new study indicates that even if this goal is achieved, many parts of the world will continue to warm for much of the year by the end of this century.
The study, published in Communications Earth & Environment, said, "The Indian subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula will see extremely hot summers." These parts include the Indian subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula, where temperatures will remain high. Apart from this, there will be a heat wave in the middle latitudes of the world.
The team of researchers has assessed the changes in global average temperature and says that even if global warming can be limited to 1.5 degrees below pre-industrial levels, the world's warming will increase by 2 degrees by 2050. This study is based on the heat index, which measures humidity up to a specific level. According to this, the hazardous heat index in tropical regions could remain at about half the number of days of the year by 2050. Apart from this, the temperature of about 25 percent of the days will be very high.
Researchers highlighted that without adequate measures and a reduction in carbon emissions, this increase in temperature will lead to more heat-related diseases. Global efforts are being made all over the world to reduce carbon emissions. However, these efforts are likely to fall short of the target.
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