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"Impact of climate change will continue for a decade or more"
Chennai, Apr 11 (PTI) The impact of climate change
would continue for a decade or more though drastic measures
were taken to reduce its effect, Chairman of Inter-
governmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr R K Pachauri said
Saturday.
"The impact of climate change is likely to continue
for another decade or more though measures were taken in the
wake of global warming," Pachauri said speaking at a function
to celebrate of 50 years of Hindu-Hitachi Scholarship and a
symposium 'Energy, Environment and future Indo-Japan
Collaboration'.
On the changes in global average surface temperature,
he said that over the last 100 years it (temperature) had
increased by 0.74 degree Celsius in the planet.
Pachauri said that the melting of the glaciers has led
to nearly 28 per cent rise in the sea level since 1993. "Water
stored in glaciers are projected to decline in the course of
the century, due to which 500 million people across the globe
will be affected," he added.
Sea level had risen since 1961 globally at an average
rate of 1.8 mm per year, he said adding that the average
Arctic temperature also increased almost twice the global
average rate in the past 100 years.
Pachauri said due to increased water stress in the
wake of climate change, by 2020 about 120 million to 1.2
billion poor people in Asia and 75 million to 250 million poor
in Africa would be affected.
On the possible yield reduction in agriculture in the
changing climate scenario, he said by 2020 about 50 per cent
reduction would be witnessed in some African countries, while
it would be about 30 per cent in Central and South Asia and 30
per cent in Latin America.
On the Indian perspective, Pachauri said the yield
from wheat could be decreased by five to 10 per cent per one
degree rise in temperature.
Underlining the need for quick policies in order to
face the challenge, he said more research and development
should be done, encouraging appropriate energy infrastructure
investment besides adopting change in life styles.
The noted environmentalist said India and Japan could
cooperate to face the challenge in climate change in the
future. "Common pathways should be created for technology
transfer, including government assisted programmes and opening
avenues for joint ventures between the countries. PTI SNR
PMR
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would continue for a decade or more though drastic measures
were taken to reduce its effect, Chairman of Inter-
governmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr R K Pachauri said
Saturday.
"The impact of climate change is likely to continue
for another decade or more though measures were taken in the
wake of global warming," Pachauri said speaking at a function
to celebrate of 50 years of Hindu-Hitachi Scholarship and a
symposium 'Energy, Environment and future Indo-Japan
Collaboration'.
On the changes in global average surface temperature,
he said that over the last 100 years it (temperature) had
increased by 0.74 degree Celsius in the planet.
Pachauri said that the melting of the glaciers has led
to nearly 28 per cent rise in the sea level since 1993. "Water
stored in glaciers are projected to decline in the course of
the century, due to which 500 million people across the globe
will be affected," he added.
Sea level had risen since 1961 globally at an average
rate of 1.8 mm per year, he said adding that the average
Arctic temperature also increased almost twice the global
average rate in the past 100 years.
Pachauri said due to increased water stress in the
wake of climate change, by 2020 about 120 million to 1.2
billion poor people in Asia and 75 million to 250 million poor
in Africa would be affected.
On the possible yield reduction in agriculture in the
changing climate scenario, he said by 2020 about 50 per cent
reduction would be witnessed in some African countries, while
it would be about 30 per cent in Central and South Asia and 30
per cent in Latin America.
On the Indian perspective, Pachauri said the yield
from wheat could be decreased by five to 10 per cent per one
degree rise in temperature.
Underlining the need for quick policies in order to
face the challenge, he said more research and development
should be done, encouraging appropriate energy infrastructure
investment besides adopting change in life styles.
The noted environmentalist said India and Japan could
cooperate to face the challenge in climate change in the
future. "Common pathways should be created for technology
transfer, including government assisted programmes and opening
avenues for joint ventures between the countries. PTI SNR
PMR
NNNN
