No wonder if you type in Google “
Climate Change Report “ , you get 729,000 results !
Recent media ( online and offline ) are full of
articles on the Climate
Change Report just published by UN’s Inter-governmental Panel on Climate
Change [ IPCC ]
Following
are the highlights :
·
Average global temperature will rise by 1.5
degree Celsius , by 2030
·
This will lead to Draughts
– Famine – Dying forests – Forest fires – Melting
ice – Disappearing glaciers – Warming
Seas – Shifting
currents – Species
loss – Decline in fish catch – Declining crop
yield – Sea level rise – Decline in coral reefs – Extreme heat
waves – Tornados
– Flooding of low lying coastal cities etc………..
·
All of this is caused by emission of green-house
gases ( mostly CO2 ) emitted by coal-based power plants
and exhaust gases from petrol / diesel vehicles (
transport )
What
needs to be done to stop / arrest this change ?
·
De-commission
coal based power plants , as fast as we can
·
Change over to Renewable
Energy plants [ mainly solar ] – faster than we think we can !
·
Stop manufacture of Petrol / Diesel Vehicles – by 2025
?
·
Total change-over
to Electric Vehicles – by 2030 ?
What
is required ?
[ as per : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/08/world-leaders-told-they-must-act-over-climate-change-cliff-edge ]
·
Political leadership
·
Framework necessary to spur
greater finance
·
Unprecedented Funding and
Coordination
·
Judicial Intervention
Not having read the original report , I don’t know if
it contains a list of SPECIFIC
ACTIONS to be taken by the
countries
But following are a few suggestions that I have emailed
to our Policy Makers in the past
How
to accelerate generation of Solar
Power ?
A Twin Tragedy ? …………………………………………………………………………………….[ 03 Oct 2018
]
Is Sun
setting on Solar ? ………………………………………………………………………..[
20 Sept
2018 ]
From
Ladakh with Love ( and Sun Shine )
[ 09 Aug 2018
]
How to accelerate introduction of Electric
Vehicles ?
Crossing
the Seven Seas [ 7 C ] ………………………………………………………………[ 10 Sept
2018 ]
How to accelerate
Innovations ?
Man
who sees Future …………………………………………………………………………….. [ 28 Aug
2018 ]
EESL
: Getting Away from Straitjacket ? [
26 Aug
2018 ]
How to set up a Word-wide Power
Transfer Grid ?
Liu
Zhenya : The Visionary …………………………………………………………………. [ 04 June
2018 ]
Why Roof Top Solar is a better solution ?
Roof
Top Solar : Better Alternative …………………………………………………. [ 24 may
2018 ]
Clean
Power ?
………………………………………………………………………………………
[ 16 March
2018 ]
Is Sun
setting on Solar
? [ 20 Sept
2018 ]
Why
Solar Panels must be imported with ZERO import duty ?
Thank
You , Madam Vanaja Sarna ………………………………………………… [ 09 April
2018 ]
How to raise billions of dollars to generate 1,160 GW from our
deserts ?
Indonesia
Shows the Way
…………………………………………………………………….. [ 23 Dec
2016 ]
FROM
GREED TO GREAT ? ………………………………………………………………………. [ 01 Oct
2015 ]
How to get clean water from dry desert air
– using Solar energy ?
Indian Water Warriors ? ……………………………………………………………………….. 24 March 2018 ]
How to use different
FINANCING MODELS for Electric Vehicles ?
Cars
on Subscription ? Convenience Redefined ………………………………………[ 10 Sept 2018
]
How to turn deserts into green forests ?
Garbage
is Green Gold { 3G } ………………………………………………………………….[
10 Sept
2016 ]
How to incentivize EV
manufacturers with Carbon Credits ?
PIYUSH
PLAN ? …………………………………………………………………………………………
[ 27 March 2016 ]
How to construct buildings using
70 % re-cycled debri ?
QUANTUM
JUMP OF 50 MILLION HOUSES [ 13 Feb 2016
]
How to transform Great Pacific
Garbage Patch into a floating island nation for 130 million ?
No
use Fighting ! …………………………………………………………………………………………[ 25 April 2016 ]
How to generate Electricity using
Earth’s magnetism ?
Salvaging
Life On Earth …………………………………………………………………………..
[ 27 March
2014 ]
Our political leaders are busy
with the countdown to 2019 ( general election ) from the comfort of their
air-conditioned cabins / homes
That leaves it to the Media (
online and offline ) to invite the ordinary citizens to ask :
·
Who should take a lead ( I firmly believe that should be NGOs / Public
Policy Think Tanks ) in coming up with practical suggestions to avert the
impending disaster ?
·
For larger GOOD of the Society , shall we sacrifice narrow vested
interests of certain industries / businesses ?
·
If India is going to be one of the worst affected due to climate change ,
should not the citizens draw up a CHARTER OF
DEMANDS [ a very detailed / specific ACTION PLAN ],send it to the political
parties by end Nov 2018
, and tell the political parties :
“
We will NOT vote for those political parties in 2019 Election , which refuses
to
accept to implement this CHARTER ,
whether voted to power or sitting in the
opposition “
2030 is the Doomsday and the
countdown has started !
As in case of my earlier emails , this blog too is being sent to :
=====================================================
In addition , this time , I am also sending this email to the following
:
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PM’s Economic Advisory Council :
===========================
Some others :
============================
Trade Advisory Group :
Surjit
Bhalla………………………………….. ssbhalla@gmail.com
S
Jaishankar………………………………… psfs@mea.gov.in
Rajeev
Kher……………………………….. Rajeev.kher@ris.org.in
Sanjeev
Sanyal……………………… Sanjeev@sanjeevsanyal.com / contact@idfcinstitute.org
Shekhar
Shah……………………………. ashah@ncaer.org
Vijay
Chauthaiwale……………………. { Not sending since requested to opt out
}
Pulak
Ghosh……………………………….. Pulak.ghosh@iimb.ac.in
Jayant
Dasgupta………………………… ictsd@ictsd.ch / amb-indiawto@nic.in
Rajiv K
Luthra……………………………… rajiv@luthra.com
Chandrajit
Banerjee…………………… cb@cii.in
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