Climate Change
Sandip Chowdhury
PGDFM, IIFM Bhopal schowdhury16@iifm.ac.in Methodology
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Literature review
IPCC report SPM, INCCA reports
Papers by researchers working in this field
Contemporary narratives on climate change and inequality , collected online from leading newspapers of the world
Climate Change is a Social Justice issue
Poor
Rich
Political Voice
Resources
Numbers
Less Exposed
Connecting the dots..
Climate
Change
Poverty
Inequality
Inequality
Environmental
Scarcity
Armed
Conflict
Connecting the dots..
Resource
Scarcity
Climate
Change
Inequality
Violence
1. Sea-Level Rise
• Sea-level is expected to rise throughout the 21st century and beyond. • SIDS which have one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world will be the first casualty
• Migration of culture, religion, biases
• Pressure on resources of New Zealand and Australia
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Food,
Water
Land
Jobs
Sea-Level Rise contd.
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Scientists predict that by 2050, Bangladesh will lose 17 % of its land due to flooding caused by climate change
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A recent report prepared by Jadavpur University and WWF estimates that a million of the 5 million people living in the delta will become climate change refugees by 2050.
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In 1995, Bangladesh’s Bhola Island was half-submerged by rising sea levels, leaving more than 500,000 people homeless.
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Migration to Cox Bazar, Chittagong, bordering States of India
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Scenario applicable to all coastal cities around the world. Presently about
40% of the world’s population lives within 100 kms of the coast
2. Droughts
• Climate change is projected to intensify desertification and increase the frequency and severity of droughts
• Gobi Desert in China expands more than 3,600 sq. km every year.
• Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya each lose more than 1,000 sq. km. of productive lands every year to desertification
• 2006-2009 drought in Syria
3. Water scarcity
• Climate change over the 21st