142
4 Climate Mitigation and India’s Commitment to Global Community
26.058
25.06
22.74
19.52
15.07
12.163
9.25
9.04
7.66
7.64
6.94
6.48
5.065
4.22
3.265
2.984
2.59
1.796
1.298
0.9
0.473
0.405
0.159
0.11
0.04
0.038
0.015
0.003
0
0
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Fig. 4.15 Crops area Damaged (in lakh ha.) between 2013–14 and 2017–18. (Source Sabha, Lok.
“Lok Sabha Question 624” (2018))
145
1048
146
212
172
135
203
151
107
424
222
190
207
205
Fig. 4.16 % Increase in coastal population between 1951 and 2001. (Source—Chandramouli 2011)
polluting drinking water. Heavy and prolonged rains due to cyclones cause river
floods and submergence of low-line areas leading to loss of life and property. Out of
1474, 964 cyclones that originated in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea during
the period of 1877–1990 crossed the Indian coastline inflicting damages to life and
4 Climate Mitigation and India’s Commitment to Global Community
26.058
25.06
22.74
19.52
15.07
12.163
9.25
9.04
7.66
7.64
6.94
6.48
5.065
4.22
3.265
2.984
2.59
1.796
1.298
0.9
0.473
0.405
0.159
0.11
0.04
0.038
0.015
0.003
0
0
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Fig. 4.15 Crops area Damaged (in lakh ha.) between 2013–14 and 2017–18. (Source Sabha, Lok.
“Lok Sabha Question 624” (2018))
145
1048
146
212
172
135
203
151
107
424
222
190
207
205
Fig. 4.16 % Increase in coastal population between 1951 and 2001. (Source—Chandramouli 2011)
polluting drinking water. Heavy and prolonged rains due to cyclones cause river
floods and submergence of low-line areas leading to loss of life and property. Out of
1474, 964 cyclones that originated in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea during
the period of 1877–1990 crossed the Indian coastline inflicting damages to life and