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1/n 📢🧵: The @IPCC_CH launched their new report (WG2-AR6) this week, exploring the impacts of #climate risks, #adaptation & vulnerability. Here are some insights on the key takeaways for #India.🇮🇳🌏♻️
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🔗Read Asia Ch. 10 ➡️ bit.ly/3twyIVI

2/n #India🇮🇳 is at risk of multiple #climaticrisks, many of which are accelerating in frequency & intensity. Rising temp.🌡️are likely to cause severe heat stress in summer, esp. in cities where temp.🌡️can be more than 2℃ warmer than the surroundings due to heat island effects.

3/n Extreme rainfall events are projected to lead to more frequent #flooding in settlements near vulnerable rivers & flood risks across the country will become more frequent & severe. Higher than 🌏 mean sea level rise for #Asia’s coasts exposes 🇮🇳’s large coastal population.

4/n Other extreme events like cyclones & slow-onset disasters like glacial melt, water scarcity & declining #biodiversity are other risks that #India faces. Many of these risks will have complex & uncertain consequences for #food, #health & #energy systems in the future.
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5/n Agricultural yield losses are witnessed across major producing regions, where negative effects are apparent in regions closer to the equator, putting #India at a high risk of crop losses. 🇮🇳🌏🌾🌪️⛈️📈
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6/n Potential malaria outbreaks in the #Himalayan region, Southern & Eastern states are projected for the 2030s, while global #airpollution-related mortality attributable directly to #climatechange is also expected to increase to 40 #deaths per year per million people by 2100.

7/n Average mortality from #floods, storms & droughts is nine times higher in countries & regions ranked as highly vulnerable such as #India. 🇮🇳🌏🌊🌪️🌀📈
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8/n Studies from #India suggest a lack of recognition by local authorities of climatic factors as being legitimate drivers of rural-urban #migration, even as longer-term #climatechange-induced migration flows to rise across #Asia.🇮🇳🌏💧👩‍👩‍👧‍👦📈
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9/n One-third of total sampled evidence on livelihood impacts was observed in just three countries - #Nepal, #India & #Bangladesh - indicating accumulating experience with livelihood impacts in #SouthAsia.
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10/n #Climatechange is likely to have dire economic consequences for #India in a variety of sectors, including “agriculture, water, coastal, marine, health and energy”, & will impede our ability to address poverty alleviation. 🇮🇳🌏🌊💡⛈️🌡️📈
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11/n #Cities are on the frontlines of adaptation efforts. #India must manage massive & rapid #urbantransitions while also addressing #climaterisks & mitigating #GHG emissions. 🇮🇳🏙️⛈️🌀🌊📈
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12/n Indian cities are at risk of multiple hazards & are sites of extreme inequality, which must be addressed to avoid human & economic suffering associated with #climaterisks. In #Mumbai, sea-level rise could cause damages of up to $50 billion by 2050 without #adaptation. #IPCC

13/n #Adaptation in cities across #SouthAsia is at an initial stage, where most action seems to focus on capacity building & vulnerability assessments (which may not also consider the uncertainty of changing #climaterisks). #ClimateReport #IPCC #IPCCReport #ClimateAction

14/n The report presents urban adaptation options like infrastructure (e.g. sea walls), sustainable land use planning (protecting exposed areas through zoning or building codes), ecosystem-based adaptation (e.g. Nature-based Solutions), relocation & disaster management. #IPCC

15/n However, it's essential to think through the complex social dimensions of all of these options; social justice & equity must be well thought through to ensure that practices are not maladaptive.
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16/n @IPCC_CH's report is an urgent call for adaptation efforts across the 🌏but financial & implementation capacity must be built. #India & countries in #SouthAsia have limited access to adaptation #finance: the region has only attracted 9% of global adaptation funds. #IPCC

17/n #SouthAsia/#India needs transformational action that cuts across sectors, regions & #governance levels to reduce economic losses & damage to lives & biodiversity.🇮🇳🌏🌱🏞️♻️
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18/n @IPCC_CH calls for political commitment to tackle the #climaterisks, which requires political will & implementation at local, state, district, & national levels. 🌏🤝🌐🌱♻️ #ClimateReport #IPCC #IPCCReport #ClimateActionNow

19/n #India needs collective efforts to design financial & governmental mechanisms to facilitate actions that can contribute to transformational adaptation to reduce the root causes of vulnerability by shifting systems away from unsustainable & undesirable trajectories. #IPCC

20/n This explainer thread has drawn from the information presented in the Asia Summary Chapter ➡️ bit.ly/3twyIVI & the Global to Regional Atlas ➡️ bit.ly/34bQzsn.
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