The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) has, for the first time mapped climate change hotspots in the country in three future time period scenarios of 2030, 2050 and 2085. It was conducted by the Forest Survey of India in collaboration with the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani (Goa campus). According to the report, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are projected to witness the highest temperature increase whereas Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh may face least temperature rise over these short, medium and long time periods.
The collaborative study was carried out with the objective to map climatic hotspots over forest cover in India, using computer model-based projection of temperature and rainfall data for the three future time periods,” said the Environment Ministry.
Apart from this, the report also presented data on carbon stock in India, showing an increase of 74.9 million tons in carbon stock in the country since 2019.
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