warming globe dwindling water

Climate change has been happening….

Global mean temperature has been constantly rising

especially since the last 100 years.

Temperature has risen by 0.74 degree Celsius in the last 100

yearsIPCC

Our Earth might look something like this …

This trend will continue at a much faster pace in the coming years.

Climate Change will negatively impact the quality

and quantity of water.

62-76% of Global area wil l be under water stress

Glaciers will drastically reduce by 2030

The retreat of Gangotri glacier

Source: NASA/IPCC, 2007

Global average sea levels are rising since 1993 at 3.1 mm per yr.

IPCC (4th assessment)

Increasing scarcity of water

Rural to Urban migration wil l compound the problem

Urbanisation, population explosion and

industrial isation wil l increase water consumption

by 20-40% by 2020

Climate Change is a reality…

… and scarcity of water- a bubble waiting to burst

Let’s join hands to adapt ourselves to climate change

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007World Water Development Reports 2003 and 2006

Human Development Report 2006Climate Change and Water,

IPCC Technical Paper VI 2008

Ministry of Environment and ForestsGovernment of India

Dr. Subodh Sharma, Director NATCOM,

Ministry of Environment and Forests

and

Dr. Sumanna Bhattacharya, National Expert Consultant, Winock International India