01-05 December 2025
INCOIS, Hyderabad, India.
| Abstract Submission No. | ABS-05-0003 |
| Title of Abstract | Impacts of Climate Induced Extreme Events on Ecosystems and Human Population in India: Necessary Mitigation Measures and Appropriate Adaptation Strategies Needed |
| Authors | Prof. Bhaskara Rao Mulam* |
| Organisation | Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Management (RGUKT) |
| Address | F 403, H.No.10-3-277/2 Humayun Nagar, Behind Crescent Hospital Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana, India Pincode: 500028 E-mail: prof.mbrao@rguktrkv.ac.in |
| Country | India |
| Presentation | Oral |
| Abstract | In India, climate induced extreme events have disastrous effects on vulnerable populations, leading to loss of life, damage to property and infrastructure, habitat destruction and severe economic damage and financial burdens in addition to major health crisis situations. These extreme events will also have severe ecosystem consequences that include coral bleaching, ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, and deoxygenation. The occurrence of these events ranges spatially from local to basin scales and temporally from days to climatic scales. The Indian Ocean region is particularly susceptible to these extreme events, because of its unique oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns, geomorphology and the large populations living in the coastal regions making them particularly vulnerable. Climate change is surely creating grounds for newer and more severe risks in India. Further, there are complex interrelationships and feedbacks between human driving forces and impacts, on the one hand, and climate-and sea level-induced changes and effects on the other. The ecosystems may undergo further stress from competing multi-usage demands, while having to retain their functional diversity and resilience in the face of global environmental change. Increase in the Ocean water temperature due to climate change could also adversely affect local flora and fauna of coastal areas, coral reefs, mangroves, as well as the biological equilibrium of marine life. Hence, in India, there is an urgent and imminent need to combat climate change and protect the Ocean, biodiversity and eco systems through various measures. This paper briefly discusses the adverse impacts of Climate Change on human populations, coastal and marine eco systems of India and the necessary mitigation measures and appropriate adaptation strategies needed to be taken for ensuring sustainable development. |
| Are you part of IIOE-2 endorsed project | no |
| Keywords | Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Human Health, Climate Change, Global warming, Disaster Risk Reduction and Environment Governance |
| For Awards | no |