UPSC Mains 2017 · GS III · Q17 · 15 marks · 250 words

‘Climate change’ is a global problem. How India will be affected by climate change ? How Himalayan and coastal states of India will be affected by climate change ?

हिन्दी में

‘जलवायु परिवर्तन’ एक वैश्विक समस्या है । भारत जलवायु परिवर्तन से किस प्रकार प्रभावित होगा ? जलवायु परिवर्तन के द्वारा भारत के हिमालयी और समुद्रतटीय राज्य किस प्रकार प्रभावित होंगे ?

Climate Change

How a topper answered the closest question

Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “What do you understand by climate change hotspots? Identify the major climate change hotspots of India and the threats associated with them.”

Aditi VarshneyAIR 57 · CSE 2022 · 105 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Climate change hotspots refers to the areas where climate change is the most visible and creates problems around.

Body · points and prose

Major Climate Change Hotspots in India

Diagram
- Himalayas: Melting of Himalayas - Threat of perennial Rivers Drying - North-East: Increased floods and drought, Rain more erratic - Risk of landslides - Central India: more Risk of Droughts - East Coast: more vulnerable to cyclones - Western Ghats: Desert is increasing - UNCCD - Reducing Biodiversity due to increased Climate Change Risks - Deccan plateau: more vulnerable to Drought

Threats associated

  1. Food security - becomes a challenge.
  2. Heat waves in North India.
    • Human health is affected.
  3. Increased frequency and ferocity of Natural Disasters
    • Cyclones, landslides, floods and droughts, cloud bursts etc.
  4. Threat to life and material prosperity
  5. Declines growth -> compromises on Sustainable Development goals like zero poverty, zero hunger etc.

Close · a way forward

We need hazard and vulnerability mapping to devise area specific strategies to deal with the upcoming climate change induced threats.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2017, General Studies Paper III, Q17. The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.