Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

EVIDENCE BASED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN INDIA

Surendra Kumar Yadav

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 India is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change that is affecting agricultural production. India is growing rapidly and represented 8% of the increase in global energy–related COâ‚‚ emissions between 2000 and 2010; analysis suggests that mitigation opportunities with net negative costs can reduce emissions by about 6Gt (gigaton) of COâ‚‚ equivalent/year in 2030. Climate change increased in many hundred deaths due to heat stress in recent years in India. Frequency of hot days and multiple–day heat waves has increased in past century. Warmer climate, precipitation decline and droughts in most delta regions of India have resulted in drying up of wetlands and severe degradation of ecosystems. Drought in many States also resulted in scarcity of ground water and people do not have safe drinking water because climate change has already affected the hydrologic cycle. The key human health impacts of climate change include increases in the incidence of vector–borne disease (malaria), water–borne diseases (diarrhea), heat– and cold–related deaths, and injuries and deaths from flooding and in the prevalence of malnutrition (as agriculture production has reduced). More than 100 people have lost their home/ houses due to rise in sea level at Sundarbans region (largest mangrove area) in West Bengal. Climate change policy has to be effective and require immediate implementation with proper technology applications and instruments

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Surendra Kumar Yadav EVIDENCE BASED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN INDIA International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 6 JUNE 2016

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