Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

Socio– Economic Impact of Climate Change

Prof. Murlidhar A. Lokhande

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 Change is a continuous process and positive change add to betterment of human beings. However, climate change has posed a series of serious problems world over directly or indirectly challenging the very existence of human beings, animals and caused the destruction of natural resources. The research studies have pointed towards ever increasing temperature impacting fertility of human beings, recurrence of diseases such as, Dengue, Flue, Malaria and Diarrhoea etc. Climate change has multidimensional adverse effects on natural resources, production and productivity of food grains, vegetables and fruits. As the yields of staple foods like wheat, rice and maize have come down drastically, the price rise and shortages are bound to result in to malnutrition, food insecurity and hunger deaths. As per the projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, the climate change is threatening food and water security, human health and the livelihood of the poorer sections. The implications of climate change on the developing and underdeveloped countries having large population living below poverty line are serious. Increasing green house gas emissions and other hazardous pollutants because of industrialization are impacting natural resources badly. If climate change is not checked and managed properly, it may drop water yields by 20 per cent in Bengal, Orissa and coastal states as per estimation. On the other hand there may be fierce storms and heavy rains because of ecological imbalances. Climate change has multidimensional effects on human beings and economy. For developing economies like India there is need of introducing highly effective forecasting system, crisis management system and awareness programmes in collaboration with advanced countries working in the area of climate change management.

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Prof. Murlidhar A. Lokhande Socio- Economic Impact of Climate Change Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 8 August 2015

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