Andaman and Nicobar Islands might not be Inhabitable in Future due to Rise in Sea Level: IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which is an
intergovernmental body of the United Nations, is always dedicated to provide
the world with an objective, scientific view of climate change, it’s natural,
political and economic impacts and risks and possible response options. IPCC
recently introduced a special report in its press conference which is based on
the Ocean and Cryosphere in a changing climate (SROCC). This report has
cautioned that warming of oceans will increase the frequency and severity of
climatic events like cyclones in India.
Mr. Anjal Prakash, lead author of IPCC report said that, “Islands
like Andaman and Nicobar, Maldives etc. will have to be vacated. People will
have to be migrated from there as due to rising sea levels, these places will
become non-inhabitable”. He further added that “Even with an under two-degree
rise in global temperature, there will be a sea level rise, glaciers will melt
and many communities will be will be affected. Some of these events are irreversible,
so the focus has to be on adaptation for the coming future”.
As per the report, during the 20th century sea
level has risen globally around 15 cm but if we look at current scenario, it is
rising more than twice. If the sea level continues to rise this way, it would
reach around 30-60 cm by 2100 even if the emission of greenhouse gas reduced and
global warming is limited.
“India has 7500 km long coastline along the Arabian Sea to
the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. So the impact of the warming of
oceans will definitely increase the climatic events like cyclones in our
country”. As per report by nearly 30 authors.
Due to increase in sea level, there will also be an adverse
effect in water bodies. As their salinity will increase, there will have an
impact on irrigation and domestic use.
Warming oceans will lead to extreme sea level events and
thus increasing flooding risks for low lying coastal cities and islands. As a
result, some small islands which are home to 6.5 million people globally, are
at risk of becoming uninhabitable and India’s Andaman and Nicobar island is on of
them.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands might not be Inhabitable in Future due to Rise in Sea Level: IPCC
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