{"id":276091,"date":"2024-01-03T19:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=276091"},"modified":"2024-01-03T19:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:30:37","slug":"climate-change-induced-temperature-rise-imds-2023-report-is-a-wake-up-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/climate-change-induced-temperature-rise-imds-2023-report-is-a-wake-up-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change induced Temperature Rise – IMD’s 2023 report is a wake-up call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> The post climate change going to impact India has been created, based on the article \u201cRising temperature-IMD’s 2023 report is a wake-up call\u201d<\/strong> published in Business standard<\/strong> on 3rd January 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS paper3- environment- climate change<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The article discusses how 2023 was India’s second-warmest year, causing various weather issues and affecting the economy, agriculture, and employment due to climate change.<\/p>\n

How did the year 2023 bring a grim retrospect from the India Meteorological Department (IMD)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Temperature Rise<\/strong>:<\/strong> 2023 was marked as the second warmest year since 1901, with the average temperature 0.65\u00b0C above the long-term mean.<\/p>\n

Extreme Rainfall<\/strong>:<\/strong> December 2023 saw rainfall 60% above normal, making it an exceptionally wet month, except in the north and Northeast regions.<\/p>\n

Tropical Storms<\/strong>:<\/strong> The Indian Ocean experienced six tropical storms, significantly higher than usual, with three escalating to severe cyclonic storms, indicating a rise in extreme weather events.<\/p>\n

El Nino Contribution<\/strong>: <\/strong>The unusual weather patterns and increased global temperatures were partly attributed to El Nino, underscoring the broader impact of climate change.<\/p>\n

How is climate change going to impact India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. The Reserve Bank of India’s 2022-23 Report on Currency and Finance projects a potential 2% loss in GDP and a decline in living standards for half the population by 2050. It particularly emphasizes the loss in productivity in major sectors such as agriculture and construction due to increasing heat stress.<\/li>\n
  2. The World Bank predicts India will face over 40% of global job losses due to heat-induced productivity decline by 2030.<\/li>\n
  3. It is bad for poorest populations, as evident by skyrocketing prices of essentials like vegetables (tomatoes, onions, potatoes, chilly, and cumin) due to erratic weather impacting production.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. Accelerate strategies to reduce carbon intensity in GDP by 2030 due to increasing climate challenges.<\/li>\n
    2. Allocate sufficient funds for both mitigation and adaptation to climate impacts.<\/li>\n
    3. Prioritize renewable energy sources over thermal power to meet 2030 targets and reduce coal dependency.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Discuss the impact of climate change on India and suggest measures to overcome this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Source: The post climate change going to impact India has been created, based on the article \u201cRising temperature-IMD’s 2023 report is a wake-up call\u201d published in Business standard on 3rd January 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS paper3- environment- climate change News: The article discusses how 2023 was India’s second-warmest year, causing various weather issues and… Continue reading Climate Change induced Temperature Rise – IMD’s 2023 report is a wake-up call<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,30],"tags":[10503,59,216],"class_list":["post-276091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-environment-2","tag-business-standard","tag-environment","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":6,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704321729},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}