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Who is responsible for extreme climate events?

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MONOJ GOGOI This is one of the biggest questions dwindle in the minds of people affected by extreme climate change induced events across the world now. People in many parts of the world have been experiencing more and more frequent and extreme disasters which led the people to think what wrong did they do or who is responsible for this.  Affected people become more aware of the causes of their sufferings. It's climate change, that's too anthropogenic.  Climate scientists repeatedly warn the world leaders to take action to curb emissions of GreenHouse Gases (GHGs) which trap the atmospheric heat but no major action has been taken till now. No doubt, the countries agreed on the warnings and findings and trying to go ahead with plans of actions of their own. No country rigidly obliges to the resolutions taken in the international climate summits whether it is in Paris (Paris Agreement) - 2015 or the recent Glasgow summit of 2021. Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Ch