IPCC 6th Assessment Report: What does it mean for India ?

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As soon as IPCC released it's assessment report, the news spread like wildfire creating anguish and sparked people about the consequential threat of climate change.

Amid all the information and facts what everyone wanted to find out was what does this report meant for India ? so I thought I would gather info from various sources and would compile that info in my blog so that it could reach to the masses.

What IPCC is ?

  • The IPCC was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization. Its mission was to provide global policymakers with periodic, scientific assessments of climate change to guide national and global policies.

  • The reports by IPCC assess the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.

  • The findings of the IPCC reports state the "level of confidence" with which they are made. However, the reports usually do not make any policy recommendations.

  • The last such assessment report by the IPCC was released in 2013. 

What does IPCC assessment report means for India ?


Amid all the information and facts what everyone wanted to find out was what does this report meant for India ? so I thought I would gather info from various sources and would compile that info in my blog so that it could reach to the masses.

  • The observations that the IPCC report makes for the weather patterns and its consequences in Asia is of particular importance in the Indian context.

  • The most important of these observations, are assessments made about Asian monsoons, which could be telling about the monsoon patterns in India - a country where the monsoon season is a source of life and livelihood.

  • "The South and Southeast Asian monsoon has weakened in the second half of the 20th century", said an observation is the report that has been marked as "high confidence". 
    "In the long term, South and Southeast Asian monsoon and East Asian summer monsoon precipitation will increase", it added with "medium confidence".

  • Cyclones would become more frequent and more intense.

  • Sea levels would continue to rise even in the lowest level of carbon emissions.

  • If sea levels would rise by 50cms 6 major coastal cities of India i.e., Mumbai, Chennai, Vizag, Surat, Kochi, Kolkata would be exposed to coastal flooding and damages would be worth 4 trillion US$


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