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Floods, sea-level rise among top effects of global warming forcing Indians out of their homes, finds survey

36 per cent of respondents noted not receiving any warnings about extreme weather events

Damaged road following a cloudburst in Kathua. (PTI Photo)

With the monsoon raging on across various parts of India, be it along the hills of Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, or the west coast, severe weather is increasingly affecting a larger share of the population this season.

A joint survey conducted earlier this year by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and CVoter saw 89 per cent of the adult population confirming having experienced some effects of global warming. Ninety-six per cent of respondents believed that global warming was occurring in reality, with 58 per cent of the participants blaming anthropogenic activities for driving global warming.

Floods, droughts, extreme heat, and sea-level rise were among the top causes for families to consider relocation from their homes, the survey covering 2,164 adults found.

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A majority of the participants favoured that the Indian government should launch programs to train people for jobs in the renewable energy sector, support women and indigenous communities towards environmental protection, fund efforts to preserve forest land, and adopt policies to reduce water waste, especially in the new and upcoming building construction.

Even though there are multiple mechanisms to alert and warn people ahead of most kinds of extreme weather events, 36 per cent of respondents noted not receiving any warnings.

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