Global warming set to reverse economic progress across Asia: Report
The climate change report has come at the time when UN talks will start in December in Bali to determine the response to global warming. The serene beauty
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Demanding immediate action, a new report on global warming prepared by a coalition of development and environment groups - Up in smoke? Asia and Pacific - has claimed that the phenomenon is set to reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia.
The fifth report prepared by the Working Group on Climate Change and Development and forwarded by R K Pachauri, chairman of Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, presents details of the current challenges faced by Asian countries.
It has come at the time when UN talks will start in December in Bali to determine the international response to global warming.
"The idea is to bring forth the urgency of the issue which has severe ramifications. It is high time that developed countries reduce their emissions and the developing countries admit they cannot wash off their hands of the responsibilities in the name of growth," Suruchi Bhadwal of TERI, said at a press conference here today.
Calling for immediate and requisite steps to mitigate and adapt relevant techniques, the report highlights how the effects of climate change will largely be played out in Asia.
"Agriculture and water supplies in the developing world are under threat. The effects will be worst for the rural poor in Asia and Africa. Women, children and the aged will be especially vulnerable. Adaption efforts must urgently start to address food and livelihood security," Raman Mehta of ActionAid India said.
The fifth report prepared by the Working Group on Climate Change and Development and forwarded by R K Pachauri, chairman of Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, presents details of the current challenges faced by Asian countries.
It has come at the time when UN talks will start in December in Bali to determine the international response to global warming.
"The idea is to bring forth the urgency of the issue which has severe ramifications. It is high time that developed countries reduce their emissions and the developing countries admit they cannot wash off their hands of the responsibilities in the name of growth," Suruchi Bhadwal of TERI, said at a press conference here today.
Calling for immediate and requisite steps to mitigate and adapt relevant techniques, the report highlights how the effects of climate change will largely be played out in Asia.
"Agriculture and water supplies in the developing world are under threat. The effects will be worst for the rural poor in Asia and Africa. Women, children and the aged will be especially vulnerable. Adaption efforts must urgently start to address food and livelihood security," Raman Mehta of ActionAid India said.
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