Source: Aron Meltzner Earth Observatory of Singapore
Source: Earth Observatory of Singapore
340 MILLION PEOPLE are at risk of from flooding from sea-level rise by 2050.
We know that rising sea levels affect every coastal nation. But in the coming decades, the greatest effects will be felt in the Asia region, due to the number of people living in the continent’s low-lying coastal areas.
Eight Asian countries: China, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Japan are home to the most people on land projected to be below average annual coastal flood levels by 2050. Together, these eight nations account for roughly 70 percent of the 340 million people on land facing flooding from sea-level rise by the middle of the 21st century.
There is increasing awareness of the looming impact of climate change on the environment and human life as we know it. Global temperatures are rising, giving rise to more droughts and wildfires, increasing the intensity of storms, causing catastrophic floods, and rising sea levels.
Global sea level has been rising in the 20th and
