Act fast now for Climate Change Mitigation or Repent for Ever – Kulpati Prof PB Sharma

The fear of climate change has been looming large for long years, yet the warning that we are in an existential crisis and that it is the time to act to arrest earth temperature from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius is largely being ignored.

At the last COP- 26 Summit at Glasgow, the heads of the Nations have made their pledge for Net-Zero Emissions by 2050, but why wait, and why not act on war footings right now, is something we all must ponder with sincerity and responsibility.

The pledge of Net-Zero Emissions should be backed by a strategic framework for environmental compliance and supported by technology innovations that could leapfrog from one ladder of success to another in combatting Climate Change and also to address the issues of food, water and energy security with clarity and certainty, said Prof P B Sharma while addressing the International Conference on Climate Change Impact on Ecosystems- Mitigation and Adaptation organized by the Engineering Staff College Hyderabad, today, September 24, 2022.