Climate change and your role

Every country is blaming other country for emission reduction. Developed countries which are much polluter are asking developed countries to reduce pollution of their country. Controlling of emissions has become a political issue among nations. But environment has no boundaries and environment is apolitical. India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions are expected to nearly triple in the next two decades, but will still remain below the current global average.

The current per capita rate at around 1.2 tonnes per year, compared to the global average of 4.22 tonnes. Five different studies released by independent institutions concluded that India's per capita emissions of carbon dioxide equivalent would reach 2.1 tonnes in 2020 and 3.5 tonnes in 2030. India's per capita output is one of the lowest globally, but given its massive population it is one of the top polluters in the world.

Scientists say carbon dioxide and other industrial gases are trapping the sun's heat in the atmosphere, causing changes in weather that could lead to crop damage, the spread of deserts and flooding in low-lying countries.The Copenhagen meeting is meant to create a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which bound 37 industrial countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2 percent from 1990 levels by 2012.

Kyoto placed no obligations on developing countries. In this round, wealthier nations want developing countries, especially China and India, to share the burden and agree to slow their explosive emissions growth.Offers of emissions cuts from wealthy countries so far total 15 percent to 21 percent below 1990 levels, according to de Boer's agency. The United States has yet to make a formal offer.

A 13-year-old girl from Lucknow, speaking on behalf of the world's three billion children, addressed over a 100 world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama during a summit on the climate change here..

"We received a very nice planet from our ancestors. It was green, now we have damaged it, polluted it, and we're going to give a bad planet to our successors and this is not right," Ms. Srivastava.

In the name of development we are cutting prime forests and pumping tons of pollutants into atmosphere. It is estimated that in 2007 Amazon lost 46 square kilometer of forest cover per day. Total deforested area reached 640000 square kilometers

Every individual has a role to play to save environment. It is individuals social responsibility to make every one to live in clean and green environment. For this your role is important and essential.

What is your role as individual?

• Consume less electricity, switch off lights when not in use, use as much as natural light, switch off computer monitors when not in use

• Practice the three mantras Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

• Use environment friendly technologies like installing solar water heaters, solar lights, eco friendly products for constructing houses like The fly ash bricks, High performance glass, Wall & Roof insulation, Low VOC paints, adhesives & sealants, CRI certified carpets, FSC Certified wood, high albedo roofing material, Fly ash blocks, Eco-friendly chemicals waterless urinals, high COP chillers, CO2 sensors, root zone treatment plants, wind towers and eco friendly paints are some of the eco friendly materials

• Change your life style. Use less motor cars, walk near by places instead of using motor vehicles and travel in shared vehicles to office. This will reduce use of petrol.

• Plant more trees, plants absorb carbon dioxide and control pollution. Plant trees in your colonies in your compound wall and protect them. Plant tree on the occasion your birth day, wedding anniversary so that you can attach sentimental value so that you can protect it.

• Educate your neighbours and friends and children’s the importance of environment