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Migrated Due to Disasters, 14% of Indians, Survey Shows

Migrated due to climate change effects, Indians are very worried and want the government to do more, a new report by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shows.

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Migrated due to weather-related disasters, about one in three of the 2,178 respondents (34%) reported that they have either already moved or considered moving because of extreme heat, drought, sea-level rise, and flooding. Additionally, a large majority of surveyed people, 85% in India, have reported personally experiencing the effects of global warming. This number has increased by 11 percentage points since 2021-22, according to a new report by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

India is experiencing a sweltering summer with maximum temperature crossing 50 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country. Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.26°C per decade--the highest rate since records began. Human-induced warming has risen to 1.19°C over the past decade (2014-2023), an increase from the 1.14°C seen during 2013-2022.

The recent general elections were held in this scorching summer. Climate change and environmental concerns did make it to the manifestos of India’s two largest parties this election season although environmental issues did not dictate the discourse. This, while new research shows Indians being concerned about the effects of climate change on their lives and livelihoods.

Indians Worried About Climate Change

Climate change-induced migration has been a concern for South Asia and research shows that climate change is either directly displacing people or accentuating their hardship resulting in distress migration. Rivers eroding banks in Bangladesh, flooding in Pakistan and India, melting glaciers in Nepal, rising seas in India and Bangladesh, periods of unusually dry months followed by heavier than normal rains on rice and tea estates in Sri Lanka, or cyclo

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