Oil Crisis

August 28, 2012
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India has 2.4% of the world’s land, but support 16% of the global population. If it was possible to priorities from the daunting checklist of environmental problems, then water management would be a strong candidate. Ambitious projects are readily conceived and announced, notably the $200 billion river-linking plan which aims to connect relatively healthy river in the north to those further south. Together with privatization of urban water supplies, such mega-projects are viewed with suspicion as devices to transfer water resources from the poor to the rich. The government’s claim that the water and sanitation MDG is already close to being achieved sounds over-optimistic with sanitation cover only 40% in rural India and water programmes now under threat from climate change.
The monsoon cycle recently has not been following its familiar path and there are alarming estimate that change to the Himalayan glacier ecosystem could reduce India’s freshwater availability by as much as 30%. This scenario, together with the risks of rising sea levels and lower crops yields, has been publicized by the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel   on Climate Change, Rajerdra K. Pachuri, himself an Indian. He has expressed the view that India is completely unprepared for the impact of climate change which he considers could lead to social unrest.
India’s own carbon dioxide emissions are project to treble 2050 at current rates. The country has no obligation under the   Kyoto Protocol and has has stipulated that it is unwilling to agree to any targets that might compromise economic growth or poverty allivation.
Abhinandan Jaisawal

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Percentage Grades
93% - 100% = A
86% - 92% = B
78% - 85% = C
70% - 77% = D
Below - 70% = F