India, Feb. 8 -- As wildfires rage, glaciers melt, cities drown, and farmlands crack under unrelenting drought, climate change is no longer a distant catastrophe-it is here, unfolding before our eyes. Every season brings fresh devastation, yet we continue down a path of environmental neglect. The signs are clear, the science is irrefutable, and yet we deny.

The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles are a direct consequence of climate change. Excessive rainfall led to an overgrowth of vegetation, which later dried up due to an extreme drought, creating a highly flammable environment. The Santa Ana winds, made fiercer by global warming, fanned the flames, burning thousands of acres, displacing countless people, and causing billions in damag...