Indian Parliament is concerned about Climate Change

Indian Parliament recently took an important initiative by constituting a Parliamentary Forum on global warming and climate change, with broad-based membership cutting across the party lines. The Forum is expected to seek expert advices from national and international bodies to enhance the quality of debate on the issues concerned with the climate change. The forum will provide the necessary inputs to the policy makers so that the environmental impact from the massive industrialization remains as low as possible. Let the message and the awareness is passed down to the Legislatures at state level, Corporators at City levels and village Panchayats at village levels. All are equally concerned.

Global warming is caused by the “greenhouse effect” of some chemicals, such as carbon dioxide and methane in the environment, generated by human activity. Solar radiation is trapped by these chemicals thus raising the temperature. It is reported that the year 2008 was the eighth warmest year on record. World’s average temperature for 2008 was 0.49 degree C above the 20th Century average of 3.9degree C. The resulting climate changes, such as: forest and crop loss, reduced snowfall accumulations, floods, summer draughts and spread of diseases. It is reported that the incomplete burning of biomass over the years has formed brown haze over the Indian subcontinent, particularly in winter.

What we need today is to bring in greater awareness about the environmental consequences of human activity and do all possible to reduce and control emission of the greenhouse gases and other pollutants into our environment.