Shyam Saran: Climate crisis is an ecological emergency, not a technical problem | carboncredit.io

Former Indian diplomat Shyam Saran argues the climate crisis is fundamentally a collapse of values, not a technical problem. Speaking at the Bharat Ki Soch event, he said the world has already crossed the 1.5C threshold and called net zero a sleight of hand that masks ongoing emissions. He pointed to Europe's demand for more air conditioning during heatwaves as a symptom of collective blindness. Saran framed climate change as one part of a larger ecological emergency involving biodiversity loss, soil degradation, and dying oceans. He criticized the net zero concept because carbon sinks like forests and oceans are being degraded. He also noted that AI data centers consume vast power and water, adding to resource pressures. The speech challenges the dominant technological optimism in climate policy.