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The Vice President of India urged all countries to put in consolidated efforts to limit global temperature levels so that smaller islands and the homes of the islanders do not get displaced.

Need for Limiting the Rise of Global Temperature to 1.5°C

• Limiting global warming to 1.5°C instead of 2°C could result in less exposure to extreme heat waves, floods, drought, and changes in the global mean surface temperature of the earth.
• The Risk of heavy precipitation and tropical cyclones will be limited if global warming is limited to 1.5°C.
• Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is expected to substantially reduce the probability of drought and risks associated with water availability i.e. water stress in the world.
• The rise in mean sea level will be around 0.1 m less by the end of the century in a 1.5°C world as compared to a 2°C warming.
• Risks of food shortages, heat-related mortality particularly in urban areas because of urban heat islands. Risks are projected to change for some vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever with positive or negative trends depending on the disease, region, and extent of change will be lower at 1.5°C than at 2°C.
• At 2°C of global warming, coastal tourism will be at the margin line at the same time salinity of coastal groundwater will also increase and the degradation of beach and coral reef assets.
• Global warming of 1.5°C has the potential to limit economic damages of many developed and developing countries and of the small island, low-lying coasts and deltas.