Climate Change: The Biggest Challenge in 21st Century

Abstract

Climate change is the biggest challenge for the mankind in the present century. The world is speeding towards a
climate catastrophe. Our foot is stuck on the accelerator and we are heading towards an abyss. It has far reaching effects,
consequences and implication for entire globe in general and developing countries in particular. If sincere efforts are not made
on war footing, then the life would become hell on this planet. These days, seasons are changing, temperature is rising of both
earth and seawater and there is no end to it. The globe is entering in era wherein the environment would get intertwined in a
spiral of decline and degradation affecting the availability and access to water, food, and energy in a big way. According to a
study, world over people would consume 10 per cent more water per year than nature could replenish. Increase in global
warming has been melting glaciers and receding snowlines. Accordingly, seventy rivers have stopped flowing into the sea and
as a result, aquifers are depleting. Our foot is stuck on the accelerator and we are heading towards an abyss. It has far reaching
effects, consequences and implication for entire globe in general and developing countries in particular. If sincere efforts are not
made on war footing, then the life would become hell on this planet. These days, seasons are changing, temperature is rising of
both earth and seawater and there is no end to it. Hence, it is high time that globe as a whole must come forward to formulate a
collective strategy for meeting or facing the biggest challenge of 21st century. Both developed and developing nations are sailing
in the same boat. Both must take lesson from Japanese disaster. Hence, it is high time that globe as a whole must come forward
to formulate a collective strategy for meeting or facing the biggest challenge of 21st century.