'Climate change bigger threat than COVID-19', says Red cross urging 'urgent action'

Climate Change poses a much larger threat than coronavirus, warned Red Cross on vember 16 calling out nations to act with urgency on issue of global warming. In ir latest report, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) highlighted that as pandemic was raging, climate change was t taking a break eir. Since World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, world has been hit by more than 100 disasters, having affected over 50 million people globally, report revealed.

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‘COVID is a very very serious crisis’

“Of course, COVID is re, it's in front of us, it is affecting our families, our friends, our relatives.” IFRC Secretary-General Jagan Chapagain told a virtual press conference, but he warned that IFRC expects "climate change will have a more significant medium and long term impact on human life and on Earth."

Chapagain, speaking furr, stressed that while world will get a COVID-19 vaccine sooner or later, unfortunately, re wasn’t any vaccine for climate change. Talking about global warming, he warned that it would require a “much more sustained action”n and investment to really protect human life on this Earth. Faced with this threat, which "literally threatens our long-term survival", IFRC called on international community to act with urgency required.

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Rising sea-levels due to climate change has been a cause of concern for scientists and researches over last few decades. Multiple reports have raised concerns over slow-yet-gradual rise in Mean Sea Levels which have w become much more than just a 'hoax.' Climate researchers have highlighted drastic effects of this change, mapping through intelligence how devastating its consequences could be, far scarier than conspiracy ories. 

Recently, sharing  satellite data received from European ncy (ESA), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Secretary Madhavan Rajeevan remarked how global warming was causing a nearly 3mm rise in Mean Sea Levels each year, increasing threat to millions of people who live along coastal regions. 

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