Parts of Asia’s largest cities could be under water by 2100 thanks to rising sea levels, according to a new study that combines both the impact of climate change with natural oceanic fluctuations.
Sea levels have already been on the rise due to increasing ocean temperatures and unprecedented levels of ice melting caused by climate change.
Since natural fluctuations have a high degree of variability, their impact is hard to quantify. But the study showed that with the maximum possible impact from natural fluctuations combined with the expected consequences of climate change, several Southeast Asian megacities would become new hotspots of high sea-level rise.
“The world needs to act on climate change with far more urgency and ambition to protect the millions living in our coastal megacities,” Tibig said.
Bangkok is home to at least 11 million people, Ho Chi Minh City more than 9 million and Yangon around 5.6 million. Climate change has already triggered unprecedented extreme flooding in the Asia-Pacific region within the last year.
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