Global warming poses threat to health, environment, and overall economy, across the world: Dr Jitendra Singh
- India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) is India's 20-year roadmap (2017-18 to 2037-38) for sustainable cooling across sectors, anchored in the climate-health-economy nexus articulated by Dr Jitendra Singh, MoS (IC) Science & Technology.
- India became one of the first countries globally to release a comprehensive cooling action plan (March 2019) — examinable as a "world-first" UPSC factoid.
- Topic links Montreal Protocol/Kigali Amendment, energy efficiency, public health (heat stress) and building codes — high-yield cross-syllabus GS-III material.