India, Jan. 27 -- The locust attackin western India is not just another local phenomoenon.Eventually,it traces back to climate change

It is now pretty clear that the intensity and scale of the Australian bush fires - that have scorched its land, killed people and wildlife, and burnt down homes - has its link with climate change.

Bush fires are common in that part of the world, but these infernos were caused by increasing levels of heat, which have dried the ground and turned it into a tinderbox.

This, combined with prolonged drought, made it an ideal ground for the blaze. But even as international attention focused on the fires, there was a much worse human tragedy playing out in our part of the world, which also has links with climate...