Thread by @elleprovocateur

"We find that #India could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that cross the survivability limit for a healthy human being resting in the shade, & this could occur as early as next decade."

mckinsey.com/business-funct…

yet:

"The massive growth of #data centers that began in the US is now standard in Europe, w/ hyperscale data centers now expanding into #SouthAsia where average yr round temps for the humid region hover around 27°C."

(But they care about your health.)

wrongkindofgreen.org/2020/10/28/its…

N. India has historically exhibited some of world’s hottest wet-bulb temps. According to scientific lit.: "35° wet-bulb temp. is commonly regarded as [] limit for human survival. At 35°C wet-bulb a healthy human being can survive, resting in the shade, for approx. five hours."

#Industrial #civilization can never be reconciled w/ meaningful mitigation of #climate change, nor the slow down, let alone halt of, let alone reversal - of #biodiversity loss.

The #urban heat-island effect:

"...it is expected that most people in #India will own an
air conditioning unit by 2050... It is important that ways to reduce air conditioner carbon footprint are identified... to prevent large-scale #airconditioner #growth from exacerbating underlying #climate risk."

"...addressing the risk of lethal heat waves by 2030, using air-conditioning, could come w/ capital costs of up to $110 billion"

Global infrastructure to double within 2 decades (Stern).

#IndustrialCiv is irreconcilable w/ climate mit. & planetary ecological restoration.