Steps sought to mitigate impact of climate change

Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran has stressed the need
to formulate an action plan to mitigate the impact of climate change
on vulnerable communities in the State.Inaugurating a workshop
organised in connection with the National Environment Awareness
Campaign by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Centre for
Environment Development (CED) here on Thursday, he said Kerala could
ignore climate change only at its peril."The available statistics on
atmospheric temperature variation and greenhouse emissions are
alarming. There is urgent need for intervention to control the
causative factors, which are largely human-induced."The Minister said
the State was also being exposed to extreme climatic conditions like
other parts of the world.The Minister said it would take strong
measures to mitigate the impact of climate change.Executive chairman
of the Information Kerala Mission Prof. M.K.Prasad presided over the
function.Executive director, CED, Babu Ambatt was also present.

The Hindu, 21st November 2008