Print The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states the global warming will lead to “changes in all components of the freshwater system,” and concludes that “water and its availability and quality will be the main pressures on, and issues for, societies and the environment under climate change.” The current climatic situation of Kashmir valley reflects the relevance of such a statement.
This in future will increase the vulnerability of ecosystems due to more rise in temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, frequent severe weather events, and prolonged droughts.
Worldwide, the glaciers are an important source of freshwater, and same is the case with Kashmir.
Once these glaciers have melted away, it is impossible to restore them.
Decreasing availability, declining quality, and growing demand for water are creating significant challenges to horti-businesses and other related economies.
But due to the industrialisation and globalisation impact of the developed nations and states, the valley gets also affected, resulting in the temperature increase and water crisis at present.
As the contribution of countries to climate change, and their capacity to prevent and cope with its consequences, varies enormously.
The Convention and the Protocol regarding climate change and climate finance therefore foresee financial assistance from countries with more resources to those less endowed and more vulnerable.
In regard with this issue, the regions like Kashmir valley should be promoted with more investments and incentives against the cost of climate change led by other states.
However, there is no such policy.