This is what the United Nations climate change conference in Scotland, known as COP26, is up against.Įarth desperately needs people to stop burning coal, the biggest single source of greenhouse gases, to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change - including the intense flooding that has cost agricultural jobs in India. This has been Raju’s life since he arrived in Dhanbad, an eastern Indian city in Jharkhand state in 2016 annual floods in his home region have decimated traditional farm jobs. Driving mostly at night to avoid the police and the heat, he transports the coal 16 kilometers (10 miles) to traders who pay him $2. DHANBAD – Every day, Raju gets on his bicycle and unwillingly pedals the world a tiny bit closer to climate catastrophe.Įvery day, he straps half a dozen sacks of coal pilfered from mines - up to 200 kilograms, or 440 pounds - to the reinforced metal frame of his bike.
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