Global Warming – Time to act is now
The planet is warming. Biggest environmental challenge is facing our planet. Coming generations are in danger. I want to draw your attention to the single important issue of Climate Crisis we are facing today that previous generations have never faced in history. Over the last century, the planet's temperature has risen by around 1 degree Fahrenheit. Ice caps are melting. Sea levels are rising. Species are disappearing. United Nations panel has estimated that the global temperatures will rise 3-10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century. This will be enough to melt the Greenland and Western Antarctic ice sheets. That will cause 20 feet rise in sea levels. That will make many coastal areas to disappear around the world. In 2003, heat waves caused more than 1,500 deaths in India. Lives of poor will be at most risk if we act rashly. Lives of our grand children are at stake. Global climate will be a deciding factor for our children what kind of world they will inherit fro...