Let Us Act Before Reacts

Professional and Students - Let us ACT before it REACTS

I thought of sharing with our colleagues one of the important burning issues which we are knowingly or unknowingly entering in to and also try to find out an action plan to address it as soon as possible. I would like to call it as NEED OF THE HOUR towards which each one of us should be committed from heart and soul to put a full stop.   I am talking about an important issue which is no way related to our profession directly but, which is much important for all our existence. Yes, I am talking about “GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE” which is the hot topic discussed across the globe in each and every summit. As a qualified professional and students, it is each one our responsibility and duty that we in our profession also practice few things which help in brining down the Global Warming to some extent.

Understanding Global Warming

“Owing to the results of global warming glaciers is retreating, sea levels are increasing, polar bears and other rare cold climate species are slowly becoming extinct. Navigators maintain that the Icebergs that once dominated the Atlantic and Pacific oceans have now vanished. Scientists and environmentalists conducted various studies and concluded that the past 30 years has been the warmest period in the global history.”

If we read the above paragraph, we will get an idea what Global Warning means and also this is proved in India when we go back and see the changes taking place in temperature, rainfall, humidity etc for past so many years. A study conducted shows that Climate change is likely to lead to some irreversible impact on biodiversity. Approximately 20 to 30% of the species assessed so far are likely to face treat of extinction. We are also experiencing it in our day to day life,   many of the birds and animals which we saw during our childhood days are not seen now. If we don’t wake up now then our children should be satisfied only to see these species in movies and...