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Humankind and its quest for development has brought the planet at the verge of facing existential crisis. Loss of biodiversity, disturbed heat budget of earth, imbalanced ecosystem equilibrium and unstable carbon cycle are all consequences to massive and unsustainable industrialisation and greenhouse gas emissions from vehicular exhaust, agriculture and burning of fossil fuels. Realising the threats and inevitability of climate change, a momentum was built towards climate action which included climate governance, mitigation, adaptation and climate finances. This paper focuses on the 2022 climate summit held in Egypt (COP 27) which aims to bring climate action and collaborate to fight climate emergency. Developing strategies for decarbonisation, emission reduction and setting up long term and affordable climate finance mechanisms to facilitate capacity building and devolution of resources for efforts in mitigation and adaptation against climate change.
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Mountains are the water towers of South Asia and are the important source of the water for the major river systems in South Asia, providing water to millions of people. Melt water coming from these mountains is an important source to feed the rivers. However, Climate change is affecting both the precipitation patterns and glacial melting in South Asian mountains which have marked impacts on river flows, and may threaten the food security of people. In the past decades South Asia has experienced many climate changes including rapid glacier shrinking, reduction in snow cover, increase in floods, and irregularity in monsoons. We conclude that south Asia is vulnerable and the climate changes will affect it profoundly which could negatively impact the people living downstream of mountain areas. COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh focused on the links between water and climate change and the actions required for combating climate change but the need is to not to debate only; but to act and build a sustainable world for all.
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