South India to see more rain as planet heats up

Temperature rise of 1.5° C inevitable by 2030s, says IPCC report

The current global warming trends overall are likely to lead an increase in annual mean precipitation over India, with more severe rains expected over southern India in the coming decades, says the, public on Monday. The planet was irrevocably headed towards warming by 1.5° Celsius over pre-industrial times in the next two decades, according to the most updated . Keeping global warming below 2° Celsius of pre-industrial levels by the turn of century and endeavouring to limit it to 1.5°C was at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Unless extremely deep emission cuts were undertaken by all countries immediately, these goals were unlikely to be met. In line with this, the IPCC has recommended that countries strive to achieve net zero emissions — that is, no additional greenhouse gases were emitted — by 2050.