South India could get 40% more rain due to global warming: IPCC report
India TV NewsThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that extreme weather and poor air quality is likely to gut Indias poor farmers and low-income workers, unless remedial actions are taken urgently. Consequences for India Ulka Kelkar, Director, Climate Programme, World Resources Institute India, said: "For India, the predictions in this report mean people labouring in longer and more frequent heat waves, warmer nights for our winter crops, erratic monsoon rains for our summer crops, destructive floods and storms that disrupt power supply for drinking water or medical oxygen production". "Across six Indian port cities - Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Surat and Visakhapatnam - 28.6 million people will be exposed to coastal flooding if sea levels rise 50cm, according to one study. Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance, says: ‘'The global energy sector accounts for around 73% of our total emissions; it is also the engine behind every country's economic and developmental plans - and ever more so in the emerging and developing economies where the quality of life, and the accompanying energy consumption is less than the global average. ‘' Global impact of human activity In the comprehensive global report released on Monday, the IPCC has covered topics such as extreme weather, human attribution, the carbon budget, feedback cycles, and charts the future state of the climate.