1.How will rising temperatures (6 degrees C by end of 2100) affect Asia
a.It will make Asia hotter opening up real estate in more temperate/frigid zones
b.It will affect rainfall patterns. It will create both extreme rainfall (flooding) in some areas and steep decline in rainfall in other areas.
c.Droughts will become more frequent in Asia
d.Coasts will get flooded.
2.Sea levels are predicted to rise all over the word so why worry about Asia?
a.19 out of 25 cities which will be affected by rising seal levels are in Asia
b.Asian coasts are more low lying
c.The surges will be higher on the Asia-Pacific coasts affecting million in East Asia.
d.Local Asian weather systems will make the sea-levels rise more.
3.Global Flood losses are going to increase from
a.USD 6 bn in 2006 to 52 Bn in 2050 with the US leading because of its wealth.
b.USD 2 bn to 10 bn mostly in the tropics.
c.USD 6 Bn in 2005 to USD 52 Bn in 2050 in which 13 out 20 top cities are Asian
4.The Madras Famine (1876-78) under the British Empire wiped out 5.5 million people. It is significant because
a.It provoked political organizing against colonial economic policies.
b.Many people died
c.The Government explained it as an extreme weather event.