{"id":53855,"date":"2019-11-08T17:40:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=53855"},"modified":"2019-11-08T17:40:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T12:10:15","slug":"answered-given-that-south-asia-is-one-of-the-most-vulnerable-regions-to-climate-change-and-most-of-the-countries-share-ecological-zones-borders-and-culture-advance-preparation-for-migrati","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-given-that-south-asia-is-one-of-the-most-vulnerable-regions-to-climate-change-and-most-of-the-countries-share-ecological-zones-borders-and-culture-advance-preparation-for-migrati\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cGiven that South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change and most of the countries share ecological zones, borders and culture, advance preparation for migration is needed.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Discuss the rising threat of climate related migration and it\u2019s implications on India.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The term \u2018climate migrants\u2019 is used to refer to people displaced due to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, floods and droughts. It is a common notion that climate migrants could lead to an increase in the number of urban poor and add to urban development challenges. In India, evidence about climate migration is less although the number of climate migrants could be high, given the recent events of frequent floods and droughts and the fact that South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change and most of the countries share ecological zones, borders and culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising\nthreat of climate related migration to India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Increased\nsea level rise in the inhabited islands of the Sundarbans, drought in central\nIndia and extreme floods in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins are already\ndisplacing people.<\/li>
  2. And with\nthe lack of adequate infrastructure in cities, migrants are likely to end up\nliving in crowded temporary shelters with low access to drinking water,\nsanitation and health care facilities. <\/li>
  3. If sea\nlevels rise by one metre due to climate change, storm surges could make island\nnations such as the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, or Tuvalu largely\nuninhabitable and force people to take refuge in other countries.<\/li>
  4. A recent\nreport has indicated that the major deltas of the world such as the Ganges,\nMekong and Nile may be adversely affected due to climate change and that it is\nalready contributing to migration and displacement.<\/li>
  5. Climate\nchange might lead to increased flow of migrants from neighbouring countries. As\nmany as 120 million people could be rendered homeless by 2100 both in India and\nBangladesh due to sea level rise and given the proximity of Bangladesh to India\nmuch of the people will end up as migrants in Indian cities which are already\nfacing resource scarcity.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Impact\nof climate related migration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Climate change may significantly affect human migration in different ways. First, warming of the atmosphere in some regions will reduce the agricultural potential and undermine the ecosystem services such as fertile soil and water affecting people\u2019s livelihoods. <\/li>
    2. Increasing extreme weather events will generate mass displacement.  Even a marginal rise in climate migrants to cities could be an urban development challenge. This holds true for two reasons: