One metre sea level rise will affect 56mn worldwide: WB

One metre sea level rise will affect 56mn worldwide: WB
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, AUG 14
The World Bank has feared that rise of one metre sea level across the globe can spell doom for many inhabitants and the impact would be felt by not less than 56 million people.
According to the survey conducted by the World Bank, people from East Asia and Pacific region would be affected by large with rise in sea level by one meter.
 “If the sea level rise by one meter, around 37.2 million people from East Asia and Pacific region will be affected,” Tapas Paul, head, Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) programme, World Bank, New Delhi, said.
He added saying that the affect would be also seen on Middle East and North America, where 8.5 million population would be under threat.
Paul speaking on a theme called ‘sea level rise and extreme weather conditions’ at the regional media briefing workshop on ‘Coasts, Coastal Populations and their Concerns’ organized by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Goa Union of Journalists (GUJ).  “Almost 5.9 million people from South Asia will be affected and Bangladesh would be the worst affected country with the sea level rise,” he stated.  “South Asia’s current resistance to variability is low. Lot of people here are dying due to flood,” he added. The study has proved that Vietnam is the most vulnerable country for sea level rise. 
Paul believes that its upto the scientists and researchers to come out with a proper study on when exactly the sea level would rise by one metre.
The study conducted by Greenpeace, last year had reveals that a massive 125 million people may be displaced in India and Bangladesh by a rise in the sea-level.
“Looking at India and Bangladesh alone, approximately 125 million migrants, comprising about 75 million from Bangladesh and remaining 50 million from densely-populated coastal regions and other vulnerable parts of India, could be rendered homeless by the end of this century,” the report reads.