New Delhi, March 7 -- Climate Change and You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to the newsletter to get it directly in your inbox.

Dear reader,

It's barely March, and we're already experiencing rising heat across the country, and predictions suggest that it's going to get intensely hot this summer. I live in Delhi, and despite the terrible air pollution, one of the things I love about the city is that one actually gets to experience distinct seasons, including spring and autumn. But while the autumn months of October and November are now rendered deadly due to high AQI levels, spring is slowly vanishing.

On 28 February, Delhi's maximum temperature touched 32.5 degrees Celsius, six de...