According to a UNESCO report published in November 2022, under a high-emission scenario, half of the glaciers located in UNESCO World Heritage sites could disappear by 2050. Even under a low-emission scenario, one-third of these glaciers would still disappear by 2050.
According to a study by the UN body, how many of the glaciers on the UNESCO World Heritage list are under threat?
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2023 · Topic: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (Evidence and Indicators of Climate Change (e.g., global warming, sea-level rise, glacier melt))
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- The global warming has resulted :
- Due to the effect of global warming:
- India's rank in Climate Risk Index 2020 is ______.
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- Name of the country which announced to change their capital due to sea level rise :
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- Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) released a report titled ‘Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region’. Which of the following statements are true ? 1. It is a first ever attempt to document and assess climate change in different parts of India. 2. It highlights the observed and projected changes in various climatic dimensions over the Indian region, their impacts and various policy actions to deal with the regional climate change. 3. The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is located at Coimbatore. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
