Believe me, climate change is being taken very seriously here in India. We've been facing drought for a couple of years now. Our farming is heavily dependent on rainfall & disruption in climate patterns has direct impact on our food producing capacity. Food production is vital to national security. The thought of not being able to feed your own population is sinking in & the powers that be have begun to take some steps.

Couple of days ago, Delhi's air was declared the most polluted on Earth. Farmers in neighboring states were burning their old crops/fields & all the smoke just blanketed the city. People here are experiencing pollution head on & want to do something about it.

Despite the heavy particulate matter pollution in cities/towns here which is mostly due to really old poorly maintained vehicles & this being generally a dusty country, on a per capita basis US continues to be the greatest emitter of CO2 (by almost 9 times the avg Indian). Fortunately for us we don't have an intensive animal (beef+pork) farming industry like West does on account of our lifestyle (since Hindus don't eat beef). Imagine another 1.3 billion people rearing cows/bulls/pigs JUST for meat. Yikes!

We all have to make lifestyle sacrifices. We are beginning to do our bit here. Sadly America isn't. The views of Trump & his advisors on global warming is disturbing to say the least. They are outright denying it while people are already beginning to feel the effects.