{"id":20081835,"date":"2022-01-05T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=81835"},"modified":"2022-01-11T07:47:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T02:17:25","slug":"climate-change-disasters-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/climate-change-disasters-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2021: Climate change and disasters on The Third Pole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In many ways, 2021 marked a new threshold for climate change-related disasters. Global headlines were monopolised by incidents of extreme heat, flooding and wildfires in high-income countries such as the US, Canada, Germany and Greece \u2013 disasters these countries were poorly prepared for. But many developing countries, with limited infrastructure and state capacity to respond, had been facing higher costs for years in terms of lives uprooted and ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As these disasters rolled across developed countries, extreme weather was <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/2021-monsoon-drought-floods-batter-south-asia\/\">taking a toll<\/a> in South, Central and Southeast Asia, and this was the continuation of a long-term trend. The World Meteorological Organization\u2019s provisional <a href=\"https:\/\/library.wmo.int\/doc_num.php?explnum_id=10859\">State of the Global Climate 2021<\/a> report stated that at the beginning of 2021, at least 7 million people had been internally displaced following disasters \u201crelated to natural hazard events\u201d. The highest numbers of these displaced people were in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, followed by Ethiopia, Sudan, Bangladesh, Niger and Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, parts of Central Asia experienced their <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/drought-central-asia-water-crisis\/\">worst drought<\/a> in 13 years, and Vietnam too suffered through another <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/livelihoods\/vietnam-solutions-dry-seasons-mekong-delta\/\">dry season drought<\/a>. Fires <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/fires-ravage-forests-himalayas-threatening-health-biodiversity\/#:~:text=Fires%20ravage%20forests%20in%20Himalayas%2C%20threatening%20health%20and%20biodiversity,-Smoke%20blankets%20Kathmandu&amp;text=Wildfires%20described%20as%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20worst,of%20Himachal%20Pradesh%20and%20Uttarakhand.\">ravaged<\/a> forests and livelihoods in the Himalayas, while in India, around 1,200 people died <a href=\"https:\/\/library.wmo.int\/doc_num.php?explnum_id=10859\">due to flooding<\/a>. In Afghanistan in the first half of the year, disasters linked to floods displaced about 22,500 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021 also saw an active cyclone season in the North Indian Ocean. In Bangladesh, flooding in the aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/cylcones-batter-unprepared-sundarbans\/\">Cyclone Yaas<\/a> in May displaced millions of people. In the Rohingya refugee sites in Cox\u2019s Bazar, people <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/rohingya-refugees-fear-cyclones-bhashan-char-bangladesh\/\">feared for their lives<\/a> \u2013&nbsp;although thankfully a humanitarian catastrophe was avoided through disaster preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With such disasters likely to increase in frequency and intensity as climate change escalates, The Third Pole created a <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/hub\/climate-disasters\/\">hub page<\/a> explaining the connection between climate change and disasters. Here are four of the most important climate change-related disasters we covered in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uttarakhand-before-climate-tragedy-a-mountaineer-remembers\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/uttarakhand-before-climate-tragedy-a-mountaineer-remembers\/\">Uttarakhand before climate tragedy: a mountaineer remembers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-article-image aligncenter block--article-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--article-image__column\"><div class=\"block--article-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/R1-scaled.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/R1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/R1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/R1-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, 2560px\" alt=\"Ronti glacier peak\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--article-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--article-image__caption\">The peak of Ronti glacier (19,898 ft), seen from base camp, 1967 (Image: Sudipta Sengupta)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/R1-scaled.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"411 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1919\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\" content=\"Sudipta Sengupta\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On 7 February, disaster struck in the Indian Himalayas. In the northern state of Uttarakhand, a chunk of ice, rock and soil broke off from the Ronti glacier and crashed into the river below. This caused a huge and devastating flash flood in which more than 70 people were killed, with over 130 reported missing. Later analysis by scientists and researchers concluded that <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/clear-impact-of-climate-change-in-himalayan-disaster\/\">climate change played a clear role<\/a> in the disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the tragedy, we published a poignant article written by Sudipta Sengupta, a professor of geology and <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/culture\/the-ascent-of-lalana-triumph-and-tragedy\/\">mountaineer<\/a>. Sengupta recalls her first expedition to climb the Ronti glacier 50 years ago, and her fondness for the villages and landscape she and her team passed through. She describes battling through extreme cold, landslides and avalanches. Even 50 years ago, the area was unstable, she writes, but development and deforestation have amplified the risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-climate-change-is-leading-to-more-lightning-strikes-in-india\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/lightning-strikes-india-increase-climate-change\/\">Climate change is leading to more lightning strikes in India<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-article-image aligncenter block--article-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--article-image__column\"><div class=\"block--article-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2D9N8KH-scaled.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2D9N8KH-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2D9N8KH-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2D9N8KH-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, 2560px\" alt=\"Lightning strikes above the city of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--article-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--article-image__caption\">Lightning strikes above the city of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India (Image: Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2D9N8KH-scaled.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"624 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2021, The Third Pole shone light on an underreported element of climate change-related disasters: lightning strikes. Sanjay Srivastava of the National Panel of Experts on Lightning in India\u2019s National Disaster Management Authority revealed that lightning is the most lethal natural hazard in India. The phenomenon kills twice as many people as floods, yet far less attention is paid to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Srivastava noted that \u201cthere has been a significant rise in the frequency, intensity and geographical spread of lightning strikes in India\u201d, linked to changes in the climate system. Yet lightning is not included on the official list of disasters, which means the risks are not incorporated into development and disaster-management plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-threat-of-receding-glaciers-gives-pakistan-communities-sleepless-nights\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/glofs-threat-shishper-glacier-pakistan\/\">Threat of receding glaciers gives Pakistan communities sleepless nights<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-article-image aligncenter block--article-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--article-image__column\"><div class=\"block--article-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flood-water-Shishper-glacier-Gilgit-Baltistan.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flood-water-Shishper-glacier-Gilgit-Baltistan-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flood-water-Shishper-glacier-Gilgit-Baltistan-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flood-water-Shishper-glacier-Gilgit-Baltistan.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, 1280px\" alt=\"Flood water drains towards Hassanabad village, Tariq Jamil\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--article-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--article-image__caption\">Homes, agricultural land and thousands of trees were threatened when flood water roared downstream from the Shishper glacier towards the village of Hassanabad in late May 2021 (Image: Tariq Jamil)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flood-water-Shishper-glacier-Gilgit-Baltistan.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"243 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"960\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1280\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sudden floods from glacial lakes are an ever-present, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/glofs-himalayas\/\">increasing<\/a>, risk for Himalayan communities. In late May in northern Pakistan, families\u2019 constant fears seemed about to being realised. A lake at the base of the Shishper glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan flooded, displacing at least 20 families and damaging a half-built power station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shishper glacier lake is one of 36 lakes identified as dangerous in Gilgit-Baltistan, which scientists say are becoming more perilous as the climate warms. Fortunately, damage from the May flood was limited thanks to preventative measures by the local government, such as evacuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-six-months-after-melamchi-floods-in-nepal-no-respite-for-displaced-people\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/livelihoods\/melamchi-floods-in-nepal-six-months-on\/\">Six months after Melamchi floods in Nepal, no respite for displaced people<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-article-image aligncenter block--article-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--article-image__column\"><div class=\"block--article-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/submerged-house-Melamchi-flood-Sindhupalchok-Nepal-June-2021.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/submerged-house-Melamchi-flood-Sindhupalchok-Nepal-June-2021-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/submerged-house-Melamchi-flood-Sindhupalchok-Nepal-June-2021-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/submerged-house-Melamchi-flood-Sindhupalchok-Nepal-June-2021.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, 1200px\" alt=\"A man retrieves belongings from a house partially submerged in mud in Sindhupalchok district, Nepal, after flash floods in Melamchi, Dipen Shrestha\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--article-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--article-image__caption\">A man carries belongings retrieved from a house partially submerged in mud in Sindhupalchok district. The area along the bank of the Melamchi River was hit by flash floods in June 2021. (Image: Dipen Shrestha \/ Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/submerged-house-Melamchi-flood-Sindhupalchok-Nepal-June-2021.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"160 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"759\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1200\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing rainfall patterns are also triggering more frequent and deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/why-are-landslides-so-deadly-in-nepal\/\">landslides<\/a> in the Himalayas. One such disaster befell Nepal\u2019s Sindhupalchok district this summer. Following record-breaking monsoon rainfall, a huge landslide&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thethirdpole.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6585f82da0cf6d1feb1edfd55&amp;id=f2f7e97b33&amp;e=bf2e34b275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">triggered floods<\/a>&nbsp;along the banks of the Melamchi River, killing 25 people. Six months after the disaster, The Third Pole&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thethirdpole.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6585f82da0cf6d1feb1edfd55&amp;id=d1f58dcbb9&amp;e=bf2e34b275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published a field report<\/a>&nbsp;by Ramesh Bhushal on the situation on the ground. He found that \u2013 despite the cold \u2013 people were still living in tents, having received little relief from the authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar story can be seen across the Himalayas: Bhutan is <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/bhutan-landslides-climate-change\/\">also reporting more landslides<\/a>, with 10 people killed in an incident on 16 June. Prior to the tragedy, the area recorded rainfall that was much higher than normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021, the world was confronted with the impacts of climate change on disasters, and the Himalayan region was no 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