Nagpur: Be good Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra or North India – This country sank in a flood.
The IPCC report, which was released on Monday, warned that there would be more because extreme monsoons tended to increase above India.
To explore the necessary causes and mitigation, TOI spoke to the Abinash Mohanty’s climate expert, which is also a program that leads on the Energy Council, the Environment and Water (CEE).
Quote: CEEB analysis said there had been a six-fold increase in extreme flood frequencies in the state in the past 50 years.
What will you attribute? Changed patterns in extreme climates are triggered by local climate change drivers such as changing surface of land use, deforestation, and encroachment in natural ecosystems.
Analysis shows that 40% of Indian districts show off extreme trends of extreme events – flood-prone areas become drought and vice versa.
Geographically, all regions have natural drainage which are interrupted or blocked due to urban planning defects, resulting in increased urban flood frequency.
Furthermore, due to climate change, the rainy season was delayed, uncertain and unrelenting, resulting in a surge in extreme rainfall events.
What is the government’s response to this extreme climate crisis? India, as a country, has pioneered the global climate action agenda.
His leadership has conceptualized the 21st century multilateral organization – CDRI (coalition for tough disaster infrastructure) on climate evidence infrastructure throughout the vulnerable region.
While our national level model is replicated and recognized globally, we need to increase our disaster and local risk reduction measures, which are often missing links.
Quantum of Lives Lost has fallen substantially, but the loss of property, livelihoods, and infrastructure is at the highest point of all time.
This requires a razor focus on identifying compounding impacts of climate change at the local level and strengthening adaptive capacity to rebuild, better and stronger.
How is the situation done when it comes to mitigation and adaptation steps? There is no direct answer for this.
Countries such as Odisha and Kerala have surpassed disaster preparedness compared to their colleagues.
While the country is preparing adaptation, financing remains a challenge.
Providing dynamism on the national action plan on climate change and sub-national predecessors – The state action plan on climate change is very important because the financing of climate action requires a shared vision and responsibility.
Mitigation actions at the sub-national level are now led by public and private, but adaptation is mainly borne by public expenditure.
During this time, we have witnessed the rejection of climate change.
Often, the relationship between this event is against climate change and ultimately losing human life will not be accepted.
Your view of this.
Climate change is a living reality, and each of us witnesses it.
There are more reception because we have empirical evidence to show the impact that climate change in life and livelihoods.
In the past few decades, India has transferred the level of loss of life due to responding and effective disaster rehabilitation.
What is the shortcomings are climate checks of assets and infrastructure, where the level of loss and maximum damage is witnessed.
Enhanced disaster preparedness can transfer the level of loss and damage.
Hundreds of people have died in Maharashtra due to flooding.
Is it possible to state now that the country staggered under the threat of growing climate change? What should be done by the government? Countries on the east and west coast witness the impact of climate risk compounding and damage to ecosystems.
Restoring natural ecosystems such as mangrove forests, forests and wetlands can reduce microclimatic changes that lead to an increase in dry mantras and desertification, and act as shock absorbers on other extreme events such as floods and cyclones.
Furthermore, climate vulnerable countries such as Maharashtra must accelerate the climate examination of infrastructure, industry and critical society.
‘The state must spend to make infra, climate proof assets’
