TNPSC Thervupettagam

Climate Change 2021 Report

August 14 , 2021 1010 days 812 0
  • A new report was released by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) recently.
  • It has pressed the red alert on global climate change and the impact it will have on communities across the world.
  • The report, called the Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, is the sixth such assessment report published by the IPCC since its inception in 1988.
  • The most stark finding of the report is the fact that global temperatures are expected to rise by 1.5-2 degree Celsius from the pre-industrial age in less than 20 years.
  • The report is the first IPCC report to predict regional effects of climate change.
  • For India "extreme heatwaves" are the first challenge.
  • Floods caused by extreme rainfall are also set to increase across South Asia and India.

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