• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Manifest Learning Academy
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Environment

Ecological threat report 2021

October 13, 2021
in Environment
Reading Time: 4 mins read
0
Ecological threat report 2021
219
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook
image_pdfMake PDF

In news-The Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) has released the Ecological threat report 2021: understanding ecological threats, resilience and peace, recently.

About the report 

  • For its second Ecological Threat Report, the IEP assessed 178 independent states and territories to find those most prone to ecological-threat-related conflict. 
  • The report looked at food risk, water risk, rapid population growth, temperature anomalies and natural disasters.
  • It combined the data from above mentioned aspects with national measures of socioeconomic resilience such as well-functioning governments, strong business environments and acceptance of other people’s rights among others. 
  • The 11 countries with the worst ETR score are Afghanistan, Niger, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, Guatemala, Mozambique, Pakistan, Angola and Yemen.
  • The report recommended a policy to combine health, food, water, refugee relief, finance, agricultural and business development into one integrated agency in high-risk areas and empowering local communities.

Key findings

Ecological threat and migration:

  • As per the report, around 1.26 billion people across 30 countries are suffering from both extreme ecological risk and low levels of resilience.
  • These countries are least likely to be able to mitigate and adapt to new ecological threats, which is likely to cause mass displacement.
  • The number of people displaced by conflict has been steadily rising with 23.1 million people from hotspot countries living outside their home country in 2020. 
  • Europe was hosting the largest number of displaced people from hotspot countries, at 6.6 million. 
  • As many as 13 faced extremely high and 34 others faced high ecological threats. 
  • The most vulnerable countries are clustered in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. 
  • Ecological degradation and conflict work in a vicious circle, whereby one  degradation of resources leads to conflict and vice versa. 
  • Climate change will have an amplifying effect, causing further ecological degradation and pushing some countries through violent tipping points.

Food Insecurity 

  • Since 2014, the number of people without access to adequate food globally has risen every year, increasing by 44%. 
  • Increases in food insecurity are associated with deteriorations in peace.
  • By 2050, the global demand for food is expected to increase by 50%.
  • As a region, south Asia is the worst-placed, with water and food risks driving the average ETR score in the region. 
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, the score is influenced by high levels of population growth, which will place increased pressure on existing food and water scarcity. 
  • The region has the highest proportion (66 per cent) of its population suffering from food insecurity, highlighting its severity of water and food risks. 

Water stress

    • The report reveals that by 2040 over 5.4 billion people will live in countries facing extreme water stress. 
  • Lebanon and Jordan are the countries most at risk.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa has the most countries with the lowest levels of social resilience combined with the highest population growth.
  • 70% of its population suffer from inadequate access to safely managed water.

Other key findings of the report are:

  • Eleven of 15 countries with the worst environmental threat scores are currently classified as being in conflict. 
  • Another four are classified as at high risk of substantial falls in peace, highlighting the relationship between resource degradation and conflict
  • From 1990 to 2020, a total of 10,320 natural disasters occurred globally. 
  • Flooding has been the most common natural disasters, accounting for 42 per cent of the total disaster count.
  • In 2020, 177 countries and territories recorded a warmer average temperature compared to their historical average temperatures.
  • Eleven countries are projected to double their population between 2021 and 2050. They are all in sub-Saharan Africa. 
  • The three countries with the largest projected increases in population are Niger, Angola and Somalia, where the populations will increase by 161, 128 and 113 per cent, respectively.

The Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP)

  • IEP is an international and independent think tank dedicated to shifting the world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable, and tangible measure of human well-being and progress. 
  • It has offices in Sydney, Brussels, New York, The Hague, Mexico City and Harare.
  • IEP develops conceptual frameworks to define peacefulness, providing metrics for measurement, uncovering the relationship between peace, business, and prosperity, and seeking to promote understanding of the cultural, economic, and political factors that drive peacefulness.
image_pdfMake PDF
Source: Down To Earth
Tags: NewspaperPrelims

Related Posts

Ecological conservation initiatives in Union Budget 2023-24

Ecological conservation initiatives in Union Budget 2023-24

February 4, 2023
Ancient ‘marine crocodile’ fossil discovered

Ancient ‘marine crocodile’ fossil discovered

February 4, 2023
Yaya Tso lake

Yaya Tso lake

February 4, 2023
New genus of wasp named after Soligas

New genus of wasp named after Soligas

January 31, 2023
Oldest known caecilian found

Oldest known caecilian found

January 31, 2023
Swallowtail butterfly

Swallowtail butterfly

January 31, 2023
Mahabali Frog

Mahabali Frog

January 25, 2023
Nature Risk Profile

Nature Risk Profile

January 24, 2023
Liquified Natural Gas

Liquified Natural Gas

January 23, 2023
Spot Bellied Eagle Owl

Spot Bellied Eagle Owl

January 20, 2023
Please login to join discussion

Our Offline Classroom Student

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2021 TOPPERS !!!

Rank 171 Kumar Shivashish
Rank 250 Sahithya
Rank 263 Sumit Kumar Thakur
Rank 311 Deepak Ramachandra Shet
Rank 455 Ravinandan B M

February 2023
MTWTFSS
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728 
« Jan    

Browse by Category

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tags

AIR All India Radio BBC Business Line Business Standard dow Down to Earth DownToEarth DTE Economic Times ET FAO Financial Express GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express Indiatoday India today Kurukshetra Livelihoods portal LiveMint Mains News News Paper Newspaper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The India Express The Indian Express The Print the wire Times of India TOI TOPPERS Yojana
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR All India Radio BBC Business Line Business Standard dow Down to Earth DownToEarth DTE Economic Times ET FAO Financial Express GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express Indiatoday India today Kurukshetra Livelihoods portal LiveMint Mains News News Paper Newspaper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The India Express The Indian Express The Print the wire Times of India TOI TOPPERS Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In