Floods, landslides, storms and extreme heat will be the reasons for this.
London, Agency. Due to climate change, not only the living beings, animals or plants on the earth but also the world heritage sites are in danger and so the global tourism industry will be highly affected because these heritage sites attracts a high number of tourist traffic in their respective regions.
According to recent research, there is a possibility of destruction of UNESCO heritage sites in the world due to rapidly changing temperatures. The reasons behind this were said to be floods, coastal erosion, landslides, storms or extreme heat.
Researchers from British company Climate X conducted the study:
The company says that due to climate change, dozens of UNESCO World Heritage Sites will cease to exist by 2050, mainly in Asia pacific, north America and European region, 50 such heritage sites are in most dangerous condition.
Currently 1,223 sites are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. All these have been described as important and the need for their security has been emphasized. To understand which world heritage sites will be destroyed due to climate change, Climate X did a new study. The researchers used the Spectra platform to project models that predicted how climate change would impact infrastructure and assets under different scenarios. Research has shown that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate around the world, 50 heritage sites will be in danger.
These world heritage sites in crisis and Global Tourism are about to affected badly:
At the first place, the location is home to Indonesia’s Subak system which can be depleted by floods and extreme heat, as well as drought. Australia’s Kakadu National Park is in second place, which is at risk of floods and forest fires. In third place is China’s Quanzhou Emporium which is facing drought crisis. Apart from this, there is Australia’s Sydney Opera House and America’s Olympic National Park. One can imagine that without the opera house, what would be the next identification of Sydney? Subak system is the main part of Indonesia’s eco-system but travellers can’t see the beautiful heritage after the next two-decades.
Climate change threat to India’s five heritage sites:
For this, experts took the help of climate models so that it would be easier to understand how floods, landslides, typhoons or cyclonic storms can destroy these important sites. The analysis identified 50 world heritage sites in danger, of which five are in India. The five sites in India are Kanchenjunga National Park in Sikkim, Sun Temple of Konark in Odisha, Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan, Sunderbans National Park in West Bengal, Church and Convent of Goa. “Climate change will have a profound impact on these sites,” said Lucky Ahmed, cofounder and CEO of Climate X. He further said, ‘Not only our ancient heritage but also our new heritage is in danger.’
Conclusion:
Above mentioned heritage sites are the backbone of country’s economy as the large number of tourists just move to see these sites and generally, all such natural and mad made ancient attractions must comprise in their itinerary so such news afraid all the people of planet especially the nature lovers, travellers and explorers. Bike Rent Wala Rishikesh just appeals to the younger generation that you must become a responsible traveler and if you are also afraid of this news, kindly get a bike on rent in Rishikesh and travel to some best natural sites including world heritage sites in Uttarakhand as we have limited time remain to see all these beautiful heritage.