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SAVE OUR PLANET… Asian cities face increasingly severe inundation due to climate change. A
recent case study conducted jointly by scientists representing World Bank, United Nations, European
Union, and the World Vision Foundation has identified nine Asian cities that are at risk
of severe flooding in the near future. They are Guangdong and Shanghai, China; Dhaka,
Bangladesh; KolkaKolkatta and Mumbai, India; Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma); Hà Nội and Hải
Phòng, Âu Lạc (Vietnam), and Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, a more detailed study
of Bangkok conducted by leading Thai research group Sirindhorn International Environmental
Park concluded that without swift intervention, large areas of the city and surrounding suburbs
would be submerged within a decade. In related research, scientists from the US-based Civic
Exchange and Great Britain’s Leeds University found that climate change is increasing the
risk of flooding in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta so rapidly that 1 million people
will likely need to move to higher ground by 2050 due to rising sea levels.
We appreciate this detailed assessment, international scientists, and your alert to the imminent
danger of climate change in Asia and all coastal cities. May everyone help to mitigate such
misfortune through effective lifestyle changes, for the safety of communities worldwide. During
an October 2009 videoconference in Hong Kong, Supreme Master Ching Hai encouraged everyone
present to be exemplary heroes in helping rebalance the environment, for ourselves and
all beings on the planet.
Videoconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai
Hong Kong, October 3, 2009
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Hong Kong has long enjoyed prosperity and peace. But, as with
all cities and countries in the world, she is vulnerable to the effects of global warming,
such as the threat of sea level rise and as we have learned from the experts today, diseases
are intensifying as well. In such an increasingly frightening scenario, we are lucky and blessed
to still have the time to save our lives, and the lives of our children and our co-inhabitants.
So, I am still hopeful that this important conference today will motivate everyone to
make the small changes needed to propel us all toward a beautiful future for ourselves
and the planet. Please be a hero – be veg, go green, do good deeds, and save the planet.
http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2010/12/17/bangkok-one-of-nine-asian-cities-to-be-flooded-within-a-decade/, http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20101217-253205.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-30/climate-change-increasing-flood-risk-in-hong-kong-update1-.htm�