Category : Climate Change | Location : Himachal Pradesh | Posted on 2023-09-05 09:04:56
The Himachal nightmare is certainly the result of a combination of anthropogenic factors – climate change and global warming, questionable development projects and pressures of tourism. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s sixth report, global warming is going to severely impact the Himalayan region and changes in the cryosphere will result in “severe consequences” in the mountain regions. This means that mountain communities in Himachal and Uttarakhand that are already witnessing flash floods and landslides, may see their ecosystems degraded with extremely low resilience in the foreseeable future.
