Need for cut in carbon emission to combat climate change stressed

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Children should lead a lifestyle aimed at reducing carbon emission to effectively combat climate change, member-secretary, Kerala State Pollution Control Board, D. Thankamony said. She was speaking after inaugurating an awareness programme organised as part of the National Environment Awareness Campaign 2009-10 organised jointly by WWF-India, Kerala, and Centre for Environment and Development with the support of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests here on Monday. Dr. Thankamony commended the effort taken by students, who were also volunteers of the WWF, to protect the tree cover and natural flora and fauna on the College of Engineering campus in the capital city. A set of resource materials, including six colourful posters, a set of four stickers and a CD-ROM on the theme of energy conservation and climate change, was released by the secretary. As many as 165 students participated in the programme that had the theme ‘Climate Change — combating a global phenomenon through local initiative.’ State Director of WWF-India, Kerala unit, Renjan Mathew Varghese, presided. A.K. Sivakumar, education officer, State unit of WWF-India; Shilo K. Dev, programme coordinator (outreach) of Centre for Environment and Development, Thiruvananthapuram; and Gangadharan, education officer of Museum and Zoo; offered felicitations.

Source: The Hindu, Dated:9.02.2010