The state cabinet was presented with the global warming report of the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change, with an overall focus onMaharashtraand an emphasis on its coastal belt, particularly Mumbai.

Calling for mitigating measures, the Environment department, while making the presentation, reiterated that if temperatures rise by 2-2.5 degrees Celsius on account of https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, the city and the state will be among the worlds worst-affected spots.

The department warned that if one continues with business as usual then Mumbai and other coastal areas face the prospect of submergence, and central Maharashtra of severe drought. It said that forests, instead of acting as carbon sinks, will burn due to fires.