Population Boom Of India Essay

The Climate Cost of India’s Population Boom With the second largest population in the world, the country of India, located in South Asia continues to grow rapidly. While being a relatively new democracy, gaining independence shortly after World War two, India has visions of International success. While being somewhat limited in the natural resources the country possesses, the population boom in India is putting stress on its own country and climate. With the climate issues faced by Indian locals, a much larger scene is unfolding on India’s neighbors and their actions are directly influencing climate change in places like Eastern Europe. Pollution in India and neighboring China are at severe levels. This pollution tends to not only impact the originating countries, it alters the lifestyles of every country around the globe. Chetan Chauhan, online contributor to the Hindustan Times recently wrote an article proclaiming “Of the world’s top 20 polluted cities, …show more content…
A developing country like India, with its sights set on being a world powerhouse, would have to take a step back for a moment and look inward for solutions to their own issues. This is most certainly a large hurdle considering the constant population growth, yet it is not unfathomable or unachievable. All of the developed countries in the world, particularly the United States of America, Russia, and Japan could help educate the citizens of India and China in regards to population growth control. Already leading the way eco-friendly development nations like Sweden and Norway could led the way in showing less developed nations safer alternatives to energy consumption. The change must begin in India, or the ramifications of their population explosion might mean there will be no wheat to import from Eastern Europe, creating a chain reaction of catastrophic global events no one wishes to