India, March 21 -- 2024 has been officially declared as the hottest year on record. "It was the first year to surpass 1.5 degree Celsius, which is a threshold that world leaders vowed to avoid in the Paris Agreement. Once we cross 2degC, we risk facing irreversible climate disasters," explains climate activist Aakash Ranison, who took a cue from this to conceive an art installation, Below2deg.

A climate-responsive artwork, this piece is a 2D globe made using more than a thousand wasted golf balls and a blend of wax that will melt at the local equivalent of 2degC. Currently, it is stationed in Gurugram, where eco-entrepreneur and founder of an eco-golf resort, Ashwani Khurana, is urging everyone to act while there's still time. Sharing ho...