New Delhi without winters, a ferry ride to the Gateway of India, an island within Chennai, drought in Cherrapunji are few of the scenarios we can expect to witness if global warming is not arrested or slowed down soon.
Disappearing grassland, perishing cattle and wild life, infertile lands, low agricultural produce, floods, droughts and earthquakes will become the order of the day.
It is said that 2035 is said to be the year when the Himalayan glaciers would totally melt and vanish causing catastrophic disruptions. Vector borne diseases, like dengue and malaria, are expected to rise sharply across India as changes in temperature makes it conducive for mosquitoes to thrive. Heat stress would cause deaths. In the past 150 years, the 11 hottest years were witnessed since 1995.
India probably is the least polluting country as compared to US, Australia and the other EU countries.
What is the conclusion of the meetings conducted by the UN backed Inter Government Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? I don’t think we want to hear anymore about the catastrophic scenarios. We all know it already, don’t we? I stay in the silicon valley of India and how many times have I heard the old timers complaint of the deteriorating weather conditions, high level of pollution, etc. The reason is so simply evident!
It has to, has to be joint effort of all countries coming together not only to have board room style meeting but also to honor the commitments made.
It’s high time we get into solution mode. US is still not being a part of the Kyoto Protocol… can somebody shake the giant up! Why are we suffering because someone else decides to turn a nelson’s eye to the problem and sit over it…. Yeh?
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