2. Sea level rise, exacerbated by climate change, has led to a loss of livelihoods along the coastline.

1.5 million people will have to be relocated out of the Sundarbans, more "than that of all small islands around the world put together": https://www.thethirdpole.net/2018/01/15/rising-sea-swamps-island-along-bengal-coast/
5. With the oncoming cyclone the shelters had to be used, "Covid-19 infection is a strong possibility in these shelters. But if we don’t evacuate people from the coast, death by drowning and falling homes is a far stronger possibility." https://www.thethirdpole.net/2020/05/19/super-cyclone-rages-amid-pandemic-no-space-in-shelters/
6. This will not be the last of the cyclones in the area. Global warming is supercharging cyclones in the North Atlantic and North and South Indian Ocean basins: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature07234

People losing their homes and livelihoods, are under added threat by national disasters.
7. As the Indian government rushes to give clearances to environmentally problematic projects, people wonder why we should care about climate change and the environment.

This is why.

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