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Consequences of climate change. - Coggle Diagram
Consequences of climate change.
Social
Some small island states are particularly vulnerable. For example, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. People that live here may have to move home or even move to different countries.
People suffer from damage to their house and property due to the increased frequency of flooding and storm damage.
There is a risk of people losing their jobs, for example those who are fishing industry or tourism, and therefore they will have to learn new skills.
The number of environmental refugees. People who have lost their homes due to flooding will increase.
In the absence of well - designed and inclusive policies, effort to tackle climate change can have unintended consequences for the livelihoods of certain groups, including placing a higher financial burden on poor households. for example, policies that expand public transport of carbon pricing may lead to higher public transport fares which can disproportionately impact poorer households.
Warming temperatures, changes in precipitation, increases in the frequency or intensity of some extreme weather events, and rising sea levels threaten our health by affecting the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the weather we experience.
Economic
Many important world cities including New York, Venice and London could be affected by flooding. It would cause a huge economic loss.
Agricultural land which is valuable in places such as Vietnam, India and China, many be lost to the sea or polluted by seawater.
Transport systems may be damaged or destroyed. This includes railways, roads and airports.
Valuable land and property will need expensive measures of coastal defence.
A lot of countries depend on coastal tourism as their main source of income. Beaches may be eroded of flooded forcing hotels to close, which will lead people deciding not to visit and therefore having a big affect of tourism.
Environmental
600 million people live in coastal areas that are less than 10 m above sea level.
Fresh water sources, for example wells, could be polluted by salty seawater, which is called salinization.
Coastal ecosystems could be damaged such as mangrove swamps, which form natural barriers to storms.
Damage to coral reefs will also occur because of storms and powerful waves which will affect the fish breeding grounds and ecosystems, meaning the coral reefs can not live and thrive like they need to.
Harbours may become blocked by sediment due to the increased rates of coastal erosion.
More frequent and intense drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming oceans can directly harm animals, destroy places they live, and create difficulties on people's livelihoods and communities.