Climate change will raise temperatures in India, alter rainfall and agriculture patterns, make droughts and cyclones more severe and increase floods, the country's environment ministry said in a report Tuesday.
Climate change will raise temperatures in India, alter rainfall and
agriculture patterns, make droughts and cyclones more severe and increase
floods, the country's environment ministry said in a report Tuesday.
The report--released ahead of United Nations climate change talks in Mexico on
Nov. 29-Dec. 10--looks to the 2030s and the impact of climate change on
agriculture, water, health and natural ecosystems and biodiversity in four
"climate sensitive regions" of India--the Himalayas, the Western
Ghats, coastal areas and the northeast.
"Climate change scenarios for (the) 2030s indicate an overall warming for
all the regions in focus," India's Ministry of Environment and Forests
said in a statement accompanying the report, which estimates that temperatures
in the 2030s will be 1.7-2.2 degrees Celsius higher than in the 1970s.
The environment ministry said by the 2030s, on average, the frequency of rainy
days is likely to decrease in most parts of the country, while cyclones will
increase in intensity, but not frequency.
"Moderate-to-extreme drought severity is projected in (the) 2030s for the
Himalayan region," the report said, adding that all regions assessed are
likely to experience 10%-30% higher flood levels.
It also said malaria may spread to new areas, like the northern-most state of
Jammu
and Kashmir
, as well as spreading more easily in the northeast
of the country. But it may become less prevalent on the eastern coast.
"There is no country in the world that is as vulnerable, on so many
dimensions, to climate change as
India
is. This
makes it imperative for us to have sound evidence-based assessments on the
impact of climate change," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in a
statement.
Ramesh has previously said that developed countries have "distorted and
misused" information on climate change to suit political purposes.
He has said
India
needs
to bolster its negotiating stand at the global level and counter the
"propaganda science" of developed countries with its own information.
Countries ranging from
India
and
China
to
small island nations have argued that they are likely to be worst affected by
climate change as their economies depend on climate sensitive sectors like
agriculture.
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