THERE WAS A TIME IN HISTORY WHEN THE WORLD FEARED THE ARMS RACE AND THE EXPERTS WERE BUSY PREDICTING THE TIME FOR A DOOMS DAY!! THE PROBLEM OF ARMS RACE HOWEVER WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL WITH NEWLY DEMOCRATIC NATIONS LIKE INDIA, SOUTHAFRICA TAKING FIRM DECISIONS NOT TO JOIN ANY CAMPS. BUT NOW THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE WORLD IS MORE SERIOUS AND CRUCIAL AND MANKIND HAS REALISED THAT IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ADDRESSED ON WAR FOOTING, IT WOULD ENDANGER THE VERY EXISTANCE OF HIS LIFE ON EARTH. THE PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND THEREFORE IS REFFERED TO AS GLOBAL WARMING.
WITH THE INCREASE IN INDUSTRIALISATION, POPULATION EXPLOSION, UNPLANNED GROWTH AND OTHER RELATED FACTORS, FORESTS ARE DEPLETING ON A VERY LARGE SCALE, RESULTING IN INCREASE IN ACCUMULATION OF CARBON IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. INCREASE IN CARBON EMISSIONS OVER THE YEARS HAS HAD SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS ON CLIMATE AND MELTING OF GLACIERS AND RISING OF SEA LEVELS ARE A RESULT OF RISING TEMPERATURES. CHANGE IN CLIMATE HAS GREATLY AFFECTED THE FLORA AND FAUNA ON EARTH AND MANY ARE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION.
GOVERNMENTS OF SMALL ISLAND NATIONS LIKE MALDIVES HAVE ALREADY PREDICTED THAT IF TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE SUCH ISLAND NATIONS WILL BE SUBMERGED UNDER THE WATER IN NEXT 2-3 DECADES. GLOBAL WARMING HAS ITS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS ON NATIONS LIKE INDIA, WHERE CHANGE IN CLIMATE HAS ALREADY PROVED TO BE DISASTROUS WITH THE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT REDUCING DRASTICALLY THUS INFLATING THE FOOD PRICES. FUTURE IS UNPREDICTABLE FOR MAJOR CITIES LIKE MUMBAI, KOLKATA, CHENNAI AS HIMALAYAN GLACIERS HAVE ALSO UNDERGONE SERIOUS CHANGES IN SIZE AND STRUCTURE. THE THICK ICE SHEETS IN DREAMLAND ARE MELTING AT AN ALARMING RATE AND IF IT CONTINUES FURTHER, MAJOR CITIES LIKE LONDON WOULD BE COMPLETLY SUBMERGED UNDER WATER.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THAT THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD ESPECIALLY THE DEVELOPED AND THE DEVELOPING NATIONS COME TOGETHER AND TAKE MEASURES TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING. THE UNFCCC (UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE) IS AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TREATY WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AT A LEVEL THAT WOULD PREVENT DANGEROUS ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE. ON THE BACKGROUND OF KYOTO PROTOCOL GETTING EXPIRED IN 2012, A MEET WAS ARRANGED AT COPENHAGEN TO DISCUSS ON SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE RISE. HOWEVER, NATIONS LIKE INDIA AND CHINA STRONGLY OPPOSED ANY PROPOSING OF INTERNATIONALLY BINDING EMISSION CUTS AS THEY FEARED IT COULD HAMPER THEIR ECONOMIC PROGRESS. EVEN DEVELOPED NATIONS LIKE USA WERE ADAMANT TO ACCEPT LEGALLY BINDING TREATIES. IT WAS ALSO DURING THE KYOTO PROTOCOL THAT THE PRESIDENT G.W.BUSH HAD REFUSED TO MAKE USA A SIGNATORY TO THE PROTOCOL AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER INITIATIVE FROM RUSSIA THAT THE PROTOCOL WAS INITIATED.
IT IS HIGH TIME THAT THE NATIONS REALISE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MOVE TO RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY AND HELP IN REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS. THE HEAD OF THE NATIONS MUST REALISE THE FACT THAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING WILL NOT RESTRICT TO ANY PARTICLUAR BOUNDARIES AND WILL AFFECT ALL IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POWERS. IT IS A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBLITY OF EVERY NATION AND EVERY CITIZEN OF THE WORLD TO LOVE NATURE AND PRESERVE IT.
LETS NOT GIVE NATURE A CHANCE TO ANNOUNCE ITS VERDICT OF DESTRUCTION OF LIFE ON THE MOST VALUABLE PLANET - THE EARTH!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment