In the context of sea level rise, what the shoud be the legislative framework of India to mitigate and adapt to the impending crisis? (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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KEY POINTS
· Sea Level Rise (SLR) projections going beyond 2050 are therefore not as accurate as those until mid-century.
· There is broad agreement that if high emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) were to continue, average global SLR could be as high as two metres by the end of this century.
Effects of sea level rise
· SLR will be substantially more than previously estimated. This means that the various effects from SLR: coastal flooding, salt water intrusion into land, destruction of coastal infrastructure, communities and ecosystems will be much more than anticipated.
· By 2050, in a scenario that limits warming to 2°C above average pre-industrial temperatures, about 150 million people worldwide will be permanently below the high tide line along the coast and, by 2100, the numbers will rise to 360 million people.
What should India’s policies be?
· Preparing for SLR will entail protecting the coast through measures such as natural barriers, levees, flood barriers and even hard barriers.
· But engineering protection mechanisms are expensive and have consequences for the coastline.
· Stopping infrastructure construction along the coast and integrating anticipated SLR effects into coastal planning are essential.
· The government should not be in a situation of moral hazard where it ends up bailing out investors, insurers and others who have increased their exposure to risk.
· Planning for retreat from the most vulnerable areas well ahead of time is essential. Urban policies, especially in mid-size towns, should integrate proposals for new migrants.
· Turning border regions into fortress worlds will also not be justified, both in practical and ethical terms.
· Given that South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change and the countries here share ecological zones, borders and coastlines.
· Investing in the rural economy, reducing unemployment, reducing poverty and improving measures for sustainability can improve people’s lives and increase their resilience and openness to “others”.
· The protests across the world by people of all ages show that there is fervour for transformation to deal with the climate crisis.
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