MACC Forestry World ENvironment Day Message

1. “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature”.
World Environment Day 2022

2. Only One Earth

3. Every fraction of a degree warming matters.
It's time to go into emergency mode.

4. Success or failure is not an act of nature. It’s in our hands.
The path of progress is not always a straight line.
Sometimes there are detours. Sometimes there are ditches.

5. Adaptation isn’t a technocratic issue,
It is life or death.

6. As aptly quoted:

7. Science tells us that the absolute priority must be rapid,
deep and sustained emissions reductions in this decade.
Specifically — a 45% cut by 2030 compared to 2010 levels.

8. Extreme Heat
Unusual and unprecedented spells of hot weather are expected to occur far more frequently and cover much
larger areas. Under 4°C warming, it is projected that new, high-temperature climatic regimes with significant
impacts on agriculture.
Potential Effects of climate change that we see in our country

9. Changing Rainfall Patterns
A decline in monsoon rainfall since the 1950s has already been observed. At 4°C warming, an
extremely wet monsoon that currently has a chance of occurring only once in 100 years is projected
to occur every 10 years by the end of the century.

10. Droughts
Droughts have major consequences. In 1987 and 2002-2003, droughts affected more than half of India’s
crop area and led to a huge fall in crop production. Crop yields are expected to fall significantly because of
extreme heat by the 2040s.

11. Groundwater
Even without climate change, 15% of India’s groundwater resources are overexploited. Falling water
tables can be expected to reduce further on account of increasing demand for water from a growing
population, more affluent lifestyles, as well as from the services sector and industry.

12. Glacier Melt
Most Himalayan glaciers have been retreating over the past century. At 2.5°C warming, melting glaciers and the
loss of snow cover over the Himalayas are expected to threaten the stability and reliability of northern India’s
primarily glacier-fed rivers. Alterations in the flows of the rivers could significantly impact irrigation, affecting the
the livelihoods of millions of people

13. Sea level rise
With India close to the equator, the sub-continent would see much higher rises in sea levels. Sea-level
rise and storm surges would lead to saltwater intrusion in the coastal areas, impacting agriculture,
contaminating drinking water, and possibly causing a rise in water related disease outbreak. Kolkata and
Mumbai, are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of sea-level rise, tropical cyclones, and riverine
flooding.

14. •Apart from this food and energy security are also major concerns. Water scarcity, health hazards
among the masses, and migration and political conflicts are expected to grow.

15. It is time to go into emergency mode —

17. Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon.

18. Stop Deforestation and Effectively
Upgrade the land use system
Increase Sustainable Finance Reduce Methane emission

19. Understanding climate-related hazards
• Compiling an inventory of the system
• Conducting a vulnerability assessment
• Identifying resilience building measures
• Implementing and monitoring chosen solutions
Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here
and now impacts of climate change.

20. Taking Action for the next generation
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