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Kanha (Mandla): The global warming scare is already real in India and it is at that loudly warned danger point. The average temperatures have risen by over two degrees Celsius in India (for three seasons) during last 115 years, a Centre of Environment and Science (CSE) analysis has shown.
The analysis of the temperature records from 1901 to 2015 taken from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) shows that the over two degrees temperature rise has been recorded in all three seasons except monsoon, deputy director general of CSE Chandra Bhushan said at a Vikas Samvad media conclave in Kanha.
Global warming is having and projected to have very serious outcomes for entire world including the subcontinent. Among the major threats are including steady sea level rise, increased cyclonic activity, and changes in ambient temperature and precipitation (rainfall) patterns.
The consecutive drought years in several parts of country during past 2-3 years and flooding in some of the same areas during this monsoon including the Bundelkhand area of Madhya Pradesh, could be seen as practical warning of nature to the humanity.
The study is yet to the released, but Chandra Bhushan shared the data to warn that global warming for India is not any more an imaginary future threat, but a real time scare and the biggest challenge for the country.
“We are faced with an uncertain and blank science as far as temperature predictions and their impact on monsoon goes, but the important fact is that this is a matter of survival that needs to be treated with utmost seriousness,” the CSE DDG said.
The Parish agreement (following the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference) saw signatory countries agreeing to limit the global warming (temperature rise) well below two degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial level.
However, the analysis shows that the limit was breached by India during last century and the trend remains unchecked. “So now, small changes will not be helpful. We need ‘development plus’ plans with focus on water conservation along with water harvesting,” Chandra Bhushan said.
Given the CSE analysis, it is easy to understand that the recent weather vagaries and consequent calamities in the country are not random occurrences but outcome of a real scare of global warming.
