Lest the condition of Ganga-Brahmaputra become like that of Saraswati? UN chief warns of impact of global warming on India’s rivers

United Nations: Countries around the world are constantly making efforts to reduce and deal with global warming. Constant warnings are also being expressed about its far-reaching side effects. Now the United Nations Secretary-General has also warned of a big loss to India’s rivers due to global warming in the coming decades.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (UNSG Antonio Guterres) during a program has warned about the rivers of India, especially the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, as well as major Himalayan rivers like the Indus River originating from Pakistan, that the Global Due to warming, a decrease in their flow can be seen in the coming decades due to the reduction of glaciers and ice sheets. These rivers are considered special and very important for India.

Commenting on the International Year of Conservation of Glaciers on Wednesday, UN Chief Guterres said that glaciers are important for all life on earth. Over the centuries, they have carved out the lands we call home. Glaciers cover 10 percent of our world and are also the water towers of the world.

Guterres expressed concern that human activity is driving the planet’s temperature toward dangerous new levels and that “melting glaciers are the canary in the coal mine. Antarctica is losing an average of 150 billion tons of ice mass every year, while the Greenland ice cap is melting even faster, meaning it is losing 270 billion tons of ice every year.

Guterres said that in Asia, 10 major rivers originate from the Himalayan region, supplying fresh water to 1.3 billion people living in its watershed. Guterres said, “Glaciers and ice sheets are decreasing in the coming decades. Its major impact will be on major Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra. Flood flow has been observed in Pakistan due to the melting of the Himalayan glacier. They have also expressed concern that rising sea levels and salt water ingress will destroy large parts of these vast deltas.

Held at the United Nations Headquarters, the event is formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Mid-Term Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the United Nations Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028). United Nations 2023 was organized as a water conference.

Co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, the March 22-24 conference will feed into the 2023 session of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

The United Nations has said that the United Nations 2023 Water Conference is being co-hosted by the governments of Tajikistan and the Netherlands. The event will be a pivotal moment for UN member states, the UN system and stakeholders alike to mobilize action and bring about successful solutions globally.

Citing data from the World Meteorological Organisation, Guterres also warned that global average sea levels have risen faster in the past 3,000 years since 1900 than in any previous century.

He said that unless we change this trend, its consequences will be disastrous. The low-lying communities and the entire country will be wiped out forever. Around the world we will see massive movements of entire populations and fierce competition for water and land. Will face disasters including floods, droughts and landslides.

Guterres also called on all countries of the world to act unitedly to protect people and communities alike. and stressed the urgent need to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to prevent the worst effects of climate change.

He also said that we urgently need to reduce emissions, increase adaptation measures and ensure climate justice. And developing countries must have the resources to adapt and build resilience against climate disaster.

He urged the international community to invest in climate-resilient buildings, infrastructure, water pipelines as well as policies that conserve precious water resources and their ecosystems for the future.

They also stressed the need to build institutional capacities and integrate risk reduction measures to ensure the protection of every person in the world by life-saving early warning systems against dangerous climate or weather events by 2027.

While inaugurating the conference on Wednesday, the UN Secretary-General has also made a strong remark that we have broken the water cycle, destroyed the ecosystem and contaminated the groundwater.

Nearly three out of four natural disasters are related to water, one in four people live without managed water services or clean drinking water, and more than 1.7 billion people lack basic sanitation. He pointed out that half a billion people defecate in the open and millions of women and girls spend hours every day fetching water.

He called for the G20 to propose a Climate Solidarity Pact in which all major emitters make additional efforts to cut emissions, and rich countries provide financial and economic support to support emerging economies. Mobilize technical resources. India is currently the chair of G20.

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