What is CLIMATE VIOLENCE ?
- Violence caused on the environment and climate due to various ecological disputes and conflicts among human beings even for the basic resources such as water and forests is called climate violence.
- India has been said to be at the top of climate violence as maximum number of conflicts have been reported from here.
- Some
of these conflicts are related to water management,fossil fuels and
climate justice,industrial and utilities conflicts,tourism recreation and
biodiversity conflicts.
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| India , Nigeria and Colombia rank among TOP in CLIMATE VIOLENCE !! |
REASONS FOR CLIMATE
VIOLENCE IN INDIA-
1.Population-
- With a population of 125 crores and scarcity of resources
conflicts are bound to arise as people are struggling for survival.
- For examples,poor people in Delhi's winter will definitely
make use of bonfire no matter if it is polluting cities and causing
breathing problems in others.
2.Thrust on Industrialization-
- Due
to competition and various relaxed norms industries are booming up
resulting into violence.for example-leather industries in Kanpur are
polluting Ganga.
- Now,if
Ganga's water is not potable,then people will shift to other water
resources and hence polluting them.
- Also
people of nearby industries will have to be relocated to other regions
leading to many construction activities and hence pollution.
3.Industrial units exploiting loopholes in environmental clearances-
- Unholy
nexus between bureaucrats,politicians and industrialists for getting EIA
done is also contributing factor in such violence.
4.Bad management of resources-
- Resources are few and demand are many leading again to
conflicts.for example,scarcity of water resources has led to shortage.
- This resulted into appropriation of water sources and
channels by industrial units with political nexus.
