It's time we step up...

• The Gangotri glacier is receding 23 metres each year. This is not only
  Himalayan glacier vanishing - all of them are.
• The sea level is set to rise by 20 feet. As much as 20% of Indian's
  coastal areas are threatened by the rising sea. The recent floods in
  Mumbai are a grim reminder of what might be in store.
• More than a million species are today threatened and could be extinct
  by 2050. Within 25 years, 3 lakh people will die every year worldwide
  because of teh devastation resulting from global warming.

Global Warming - two words thats today spell the most urgent issue
facing humanity. We no longer have the luxury of time to debate the
issue. As top Indian environmentalist R. K. Pachauri, who currently heads
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says, " If there is no
action before 2012, its too late. What we do in the next two-three years
will determine our future. This is the defining moment."
The time is over for arguing that the developed western countries are
responsible for the current mess and should, therefore, clear it. It's too
late to determine who ignited the fire. It's raging and before it mars the
future of our children, we need to act.
Its the only world we have, lets heal it.

I have not written this article. Its a compilation of an article I read in the news paper and thought it was a very important issue. Please leave your comments.