The theatrical play ‘Ghoorni’ used a number of factual messages within the story. Here is more background information you can read or watch about some of those key messages:
“The last three years were the world’s warmest ever recorded, bringing the planet closer to breaching international climate targets.”
BBC News, 14th January 2026.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5p9rzd4ko
– 2024 was the hottest year since records began, officially surpassing the previous record set in 2023. Global temperature average was above the critical 1.5 degrees increase which countries across the world agreed to stay below when they met in Paris 2015, to protect vulnerable nations and ecosystems; https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/2024-record-breaking-watershed-year-for-global-climate and https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
– Earth records hottest year ever in 2024. What to know _ Associated Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC-IRI04OHQ
“A year’s worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites”
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, 8th October 2025
– In the UK, wheat harvests are reducing due to climate changes, causing more needed to be imported and costs rising; https://eciu.net/media/press-releases/2025/years-worth-of-british-bread-lost-this-decade-as-extreme-weather-bites
Some farmers harvesting early in the UK and the reasons why – 6/July/2025 _ Mark 1333 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeRJ_UuNKzQ
“Poor UK households are more vulnerable to climate shocks:
New research found rising temperatures and climate shocks increase wealth inequality”
Anglia Ruskin University, 1st June 2023
– Poorest communities in the UK are the most affected by climate change https://www.aru.ac.uk/news/poor-uk-households-more-vulnerable-to-climate-shocks
– Climate change and poverty – see https://www.actionaid.org.uk/our-work/emergencies-disasters-humanitarian-response/climate-change-and-poverty and ALSO look at Action Aid’s campaigns and also Make Polluters Pay https://makepolluterspay.co.uk/ and their education project at https://makepolluterspay.co.uk/education-project
Climate Justice And Human Rights Explained _ Amnesty International https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwJAb9aAItI
In Bangladesh, “fisheries and crops sectors have experienced substantial financial losses over the past decade due to climate change”
South Asian Journal of Agriculture, 25th March 2025
– Impact on agriculture and food supply in Bangladesh:
https://banglajol.info/index.php/SAJA/article/view/80235 and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402203239X
Bangladesh’s food supply is threatened by climate change _ Al Jazeera English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy39fnATrtk
Public money spent on adapting to climate change:
Bangladesh: 7% of the country’s annual budget
In UK: less than 1% of the annual budget
But Bangladesh has hardly caused any of the problem.
– how much public money is spent on climate change adaptation in Bangladesh? “Bangladesh currently spends $1 billion a year, 6 to 7 per cent of its annual budget, on climate change adaptation.” https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/bangladesh-uncovers-crippling-cost-climate-change-adaptation
– how much public money is spent on UK adaptation to climate change? Approx £10 billion according to https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Costs-of-Adaptation-and-the-Economic-Costs-and-Benefits-of-Adaptation-in-the-UK-Paul-Watkiss.pdf (which is less than 1% of £1,370 billion annual budget)
– How much global warming was caused by Bangladesh? “At just 0.4 percent, Bangladesh’s current contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is not significant. But with its large population and fast economic growth, if the country follows a ‘business-as-usual’ development pathway, GHG emissions will increase substantially.” https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2022/10/31/key-highlights-country-climate-and-development-report-for-bangladesh ; “Despite producing only 0.3% of global greenhouse gas emissions (2022 data), Bangladesh ranks ninth on the 2024 World Risk Index of countries vulnerable to extreme weather and other climate impacts.” https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-climate-crisis-impacting-bangladesh
UNEP Adaptation Gap Report Costs are five to ten times greater than funding _ New Scientist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjh0R51i_8
