India’s population will still continue to grow from its current tally of 1.45bn: it takes time for fewer births to translate into fewer people overall. But the number of births is already down by a fifth from its peak in 2001. In Tamil Nadu 1,200 schools were closed last year for a lack of pupils to fill their classrooms. Those who do attend increasingly show up without any siblings. The government frets that India will get old before it gets rich—that the country is on a similar path to China, where the population has already peaked and is starting to fall. Some politicians are offering cash to encourage Indians to procreate. India’s demographic transition is the most striking example of a global trend. For it is no longer just wealthy places where families have few, or no, kids. Over two-thirds of all countries are now below the replacement rate. Middle-income ones like Brazil, Iran, Thailand and Turkey have been well below it for years. Poorer countries are steadily joining their ranks. Sri Lanka has a TFR of just 1.3; Tunisia’s is 1.6. Morocco has fallen below replacement rate. Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, may be close to that point. In many places birth rates are plunging despite marriage remaining near-universal and even though few women have formal jobs.

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/04/indias-surprise-baby-bust-is-a-warning-to-the-world

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EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE #1
Hundreds of records smashed in Algeria,Tunisia,Libya,Balkans,Greece,Turkey,Cyprus

50C in Turkey,46C in Greece with a record hot night at Athens Efelsina Min 31.4C.
Hottest day in history for Rhodes Island tied:
43.6C Lindos after an insane MINIMUM of 34.7C!

https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1948756101916148168?t=Gd0tmnfS4qCaBBPuaDVlXg&s=19

Severe Weather Europe
Tunis records +49.0 yesterday, a new all-time high for the Tunisia capital!
Lentini, Sicily ends up at an outstanding +47.0 as well. Ties the Italian all-time heat record.
Extreme heatwave continues, stay alert!

World Meteorological Organization
38 min ·
Extreme heat is hitting the Mediterranean area.
Temperatures are forecast to be well above 40°C in inland areas ranging from #Tunisia, southern #Italy, #Greece and #Turkey, according to the German Weather Service, DWD, which
acts as one of WMO's regional climate monitoring centres.
The #heat is fuelling #wildfires in Southern Turkey, which have already claimed a number of lives.
The above-normal temperatures in the central and eastern Mediterranean region (including central and southern Balkans, southern European Russia and west Kazakhstan) are expected to continue for the next two weeks.
In some places this is also accompanied by rainfall deficits and water supply problems.
Heatwaves are deadly. Please follow advice from your National Meteorological and Hydrological Service and stay cool and safe
#ClimateAction