KOCHI: The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has sought the support of the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development for setting up a centre for modelling of regional climate change.
The objective of the centre is to conduct research programmes on the impact of climate change with special reference to the Kochi region. University officials said that the centre will initiate a study on the possible vulnerabilities of Kochi to climate change impacts.
It will update the findings besides suggesting new measures to tackle the challenge of global warming.
The project has also found placement in the university budget for the financial year 2009-10.
In its preliminary report, scientists at the Cochin University had categorised the possible impact of global warming in Kochi as precipitation changes, sea level rise, temperature changes, local ecological change and implications of climate changes in other regions.
Kochi’s most significant vulnerabilities to climate change impacts in the long run, as assessed by the agencies, were a combination of increased variability and intensity of rainfall and sea level rise on the city’s water systems especially on drainage, waste disposal and water logging.
The possible sea level rise may threaten the land use near the shoreline of Kochi and the climatic changes were likely to threaten possible coastal land use and patterns of livelihood.
Source: The Hindu, Dated 1.1.2010
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