An Inconvenient Spell of Rain

It was to be a boat where you could lodge your concerns about climate change, but climate change got to it first

It was to be a boat where you could lodge your concerns about climate change, but climate change got to it first. On 8 July, following heavy rain, Greenpeace, Mumbai, had to cancel the launch of Climate Rescue Station, a 30-foot life raft, where people could lodge concerns about climate change. Mumbai is listed among the mega cities most vulnerable to climate change by a recent World Bank report.

The city is battling sea level rise, tidal surges and flooding from intense spells of rain.

Says Vinuta Gopal of Greenpeace, “When we began our campaign in June by transporting a boat across Mumbai’s low-lying areas, everyone was wondering where the monsoon was. Now, that the rain has arrived, there is much greater interest in climate change.”

Greenpeace will also be donating two inflatable rescue boats to the BMC and train them for high tide rescues on Juhu beach.

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Shubhangi Swarup