First cause of climate change in Mumbai is burning fossil fuels. When you burn fossil fuels you release a green house gas called CO2. Green house gases trap heat in our atmosphere causing climate change in Mumbai. Several factories in Mumbai burn lots of fossil fuels to power machines and electricity.
FACTORIES RELEASING CO2 GAS
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Cars and Stoves also burn Fossil Fuels.
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Food wastage is a major problem in Mumbai and when all the extra unwanted food gets thrown into landfills it doesn't decompose properly releasing a gas called Methane one of the green house gases that's heating up our dear city!
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According to WMO sea levels in Mumbai rose by 4.5mm a year between 2013 2022. As the sea levels rise, they pose unprecedented risks of floods and storm surges, affecting human lives and property. Most of Mumbai will be underwater by the turn of this century.
Thermal expansion account for 50% of the sea level rise
Almost entire Mumbai region has become urban heat island due to concretisation, wetland destruction, degradation of mangroves, depleting greenery.
1 way to help prevent Climate Change in Mumbai is replanting trees!Buy recycled products and then recycle them again
COMPOST BIN
Another way to help prevent Climate Change is tocompost! Put all of your fruits and vegetable scrapes in a bin with red wigglers worms! let the worms turn your old food scrapes into fertilizer that you can use in a garden.