New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Climate Change & 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,

Through August and September, the climate news around India has been dominated by the deadly floods sweeping through Punjab (and Pakistan's Punjab province), as well as the immense destruction and deaths caused by flash floods and landslides throughout the Western Himalayas. Come October and Diwali, the conversation will inevitably turn to deadly atmospheric pollution.

While it is easy to draw a direct line between excessive and violent monsoon rainfall and climate change, making a connection between climate change and atmospheric pollution is...