{"id":6065,"date":"2016-06-02T05:38:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T00:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:30:12","slug":"why-india-should-be-very-afraid-of-australias-bushfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6065","title":{"rendered":"Slow Burn: Why India Should Be Very Afraid of Australia\u2019s Bushfires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span>ustralia\u2019s fires caused even a world partially desensitised to extreme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/earth\/what-it-means-to-raise-a-child-in-the-era-of-climate-change\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">climate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> events to sit up and take note. A rich country burning under blood-red skies, over a billion animals (some that are not found anywhere else) dying while a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/earth\/ridhima-pandey-greta-thunberg-united-nations-climate-action-summit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">climate change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-denying Prime Minister looks on, making more assurances to the coal industry than he does to people fleeing their homes \u2014 it made for a terrifying scenario.<\/span>\n\nWhat makes it worse is that the country is not normally associated with such catastrophes. A first-world nation seeking help through donations and volunteer firefighters shows how no one is exempt from nature\u2019s fury. Indeed, climate change bringing the world\u2019s 13th largest economy to its collective knees must have shocked the elites who thought they would be able to buy their way out of this mess.\n\nBefore falling into the trap of thinking Australia is too far away to affect our lives in India, we\u2019d do well to realise that what happened in Australia could very well happen here. Apart from their common love for cricket, there are some pretty disturbing parallels between the two countries.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58435\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1579597727.jpg\" alt=\"Australia Bushfires\" width=\"594\" height=\"398\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>Fire and Rescue personnel run to move their truck as a bushfire burns next to a major road and homes on the outskirts of the town of Bilpin on December 19, 2019 in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>David Gray\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nThere\u2019s political denial of climate change: Australia\u2019s Prime Minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/australia-bushfires-scott-morrision-citizens-anger-caa-nrc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott Morrison<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a vociferous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/australasia\/australia-wildfires-climate-change-scott-morrison-coal-industry-a9258811.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defender of the coal industry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, once famously bringing a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2017\/feb\/09\/scott-morrison-brings-coal-to-question-time-what-fresh-idiocy-is-this\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lump of coal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Parliament, saying \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid!\u201d India \u2014 while not as openly hostile to the environment as Morrison \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/climateactiontracker.org\/countries\/india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is still languishing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Minister of State for Environment Babul Supriyo once <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/2400-died-due-to-extreme-weather-events-in-2018-19-govt\/articleshow\/70135690.cms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">denied a connection<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between extreme weather events and climate change.<\/span>\n\nBoth countries have an insatiable appetite for coal. It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world\/2020\/1\/8\/21051756\/australia-fires-climate-change-coal-politics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia\u2019s largest export<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while India plans to increase its coal capacity by close to 50 percent. They are also both deeply corrupt. While the Indian story is a well-read one, Australia\u2019s kowtowing to the coal industry has made it out of op-eds and into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tai.org.au\/content\/mining-industry-dodgy-dealings\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">academic papers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and even a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/adani-mine-australia-climate-change-848315\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rolling Stone article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which features our own PM\u2019s good chum, Gautam Adani.<\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">The Ministry of Environment is more keen to approve as many projects as possible, with scant regard for its impact.<\/blockquote>\nThese policy-and-people failures aside, India is precariously placed thanks to its varied topography and geography. Even in a \u201cnormal\u201d year, we see both floods and droughts; extreme heat and biting cold; massive humidity and sapping dry heat \u2014 and we can expect all of these to be exacerbated, as it is projected there will be <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/india\/1739286\/delhi-smog-climate-change-might-kill-millions-of-indians-by-2100\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.5 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> climate-related Indian deaths by the end of the century. The last few years have given us some major flash points: Floods in Mumbai, Kerala (2018), Uttarakhand (2013), Kashmir (2014) and pretty much every year <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/infochangeindia.org\/environment\/150-environment\/features\/9280-climate-change-is-a-depressing-reality-in-assam\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the North East<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Droughts are getting worse \u2014 an IIT professor says over 50 per cent of the country <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/politics-and-nation\/nearly-50-per-cent-of-india-currently-facing-drought-iit-gandhinagar-scientists\/articleshow\/68197824.cms?from=mdr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">faces them<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 and more farmers take their own lives (a 2017 study showed there were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/jul\/31\/suicides-of-nearly-60000-indian-farmers-linked-to-climate-change-study-claims\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60,000 climate-change-related suicides<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India). There have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiaspend.com\/india-5th-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change-fallouts-its-poor-the-worst-hit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cyclones and heatwaves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you want something closer to the Australian example, take <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/opinion\/main-article\/climate-change-adds-fuel-721879.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019\u2019s Bandipur forest fires<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, burning down over 10,000 acres (over 4,000 football fields\u2019 worth).<\/span>\n\nTo illustrate an example of an impending climate disaster, plants are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-51050456\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">growing in the Himalayas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While normally a good thing, in this case it indicates warming enough for vegetation to grow. If the Himalayas were to melt even just a little bit, the consequences could be disastrous. There would be stronger floods and landslides \u2014 as if travelling by Jeep in Uttarakhand needed to be made scarier by the addition of falling rocks! There are other ramifications too, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/current-affairs\/melting-himalayan-glaciers-a-big-drop-in-a-bucket-that-s-already-full-119021300193_1.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fewer sediment deposits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on downstream agricultural plains. Ultimately, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Nepal could see mass population displacement, and in a country where regional identities are already fraught with tension, this might not end too well.<\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">It does not help that public and political mindspace is taken up by other issues.<\/blockquote>\nUnfortunately, instead of working towards preventing this bleak scenario, our government looks like it\u2019s doing everything it can to accelerate it.\n\nMumbai\u2019s needless Coastal Road Project and continuous encroachment of green areas such as Mumbai\u2019s Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Aarey Forest, and Delhi\u2019s Okhla Bird Sanctuary are examples of the \u201craze now worry later\u201d attitude. The Ministry of Environment is more keen to approve <a href=\"https:\/\/india.mongabay.com\/2019\/12\/high-rate-of-green-clearances-continue-puts-forests-and-wildlife-at-risk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as many projects as possible<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with scant regard for its impact. As recently as January 18, the Ministry said clearances are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/centre-waives-green-clearance-for-onshore-and-offshore-oil-and-gas-exploration\/article30595276.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not needed for gas exploration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the SC <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/after-a-year-sc-allows-resuming-construction-of-airport-at-goa-s-mopa-11579159037159.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re-allowed construction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Goa\u2019s second airport, which was earlier stayed over environmental concerns.<\/span>\n\nIt doesn\u2019t help that we are betraying age-old customs which have dealt with nature\u2019s problems. Around the world, there\u2019s a correlation between abandoning indigenous practices and the actual role of fire in our ecosystems. Shreya Dasgupta, science and climate writer, elaborates. \u201cLike in Australia,\u201d she told me, \u201cindigenous groups in India have historically used low-intensity, carefully lit controlled fires to manage forests and grasslands during dry seasons. But with colonial rule, fires were seen as a problem and that mindset of forest fire suppression continues. This has led to bigger, wilder fires.\u201d\n\nIt does not help that public and political mindspace is taken up by other issues. In fact, with the budget coming up and FDI going down, it\u2019s likely that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will try to give the impression that India is infra-friendly by proposing more projects, and the Ministry of Environment will only be too happy to comply. This is not surprising, as many in India don\u2019t really care about climate change. Only <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Climate_change_opinion_by_country\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29 per cent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the country perceives global warming as a serious threat, the 18th worst ranking in the world. No political party manifesto for 2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/prakashdolsak\/2019\/04\/13\/are-indias-political-parties-ignoring-climate-change\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">included climate change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Given how this is an issue that\u2019s unlikely to translate to votes, it\u2019s easy to see why parties focus on other galvanising issues like *sigh* temples and statues.<\/span>\n\nAll in all, it looks ripe for an environmental disaster. Even if we don\u2019t have a flashpoint like the bushfires, a slow burn would prove just as catastrophic.\n\nIt was often joked during India-Australia cricket matches that the team in a rut would often need something VVS (\u201cVery Very Special\u201d). Well, India definitely needs something VVS right now if it is to avert a climate catastrophe on the scale of what we\u2019ve just seen Down Under.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from their common love for cricket, there are some pretty disturbing parallels between India and Australia. 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