| The Road ReviewGlobal Warming. This word is supposed
to be known by the people of today. New Delhi is hosting the eighth Conference of Parties
(COP-8) to the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC), starting
today. But most of Delhi’s population seems to be unaware of it. Gobar Times
reporters went around India Gate on October 23, asking people about global warming and
climate change. On an average, 90 per cent of the people interviewed did not know about
this or had their own stories to tell. Out of these 90 per cent people, there were also
some foreign tourists who were visiting India. While most of the people said global
warming was caused by pollution, Mr S. Biswas took the trouble to find out and gave us a
lot of information on global warming. There was another person who said that there is a
blanket covering the earth and there is a hole in that curtain because of the sunís heat.
Some people like Ms Sumanadi said that global warming is caused because of bombing. No one
talked about submerging of land masses except a very few. Most people were just interested
in going to hill stations in summers. Some school students like Abhishek of class 8 said
it is because of the hole in the ozone layer.
Many things have been done to increase the awareness among school
children but to reach out to others, some events must be done at public level. Some
demonstrations should be organized to tell the common man about global warming and this
needs to be done not only in Delhi but also in other states of India.
— Richi Kashyap and Sambuddha Mukherjee
Hello...What’s Climate Change?
GT Reporters pop the question
"Pehle Garmi (summer) hai, Phir Sardi haiî, Beach
mein Rain hai. This is climate change."
— Begha Ram Khoja,
an Army man"It is all about factories. That’s all I
know."
— Atma Ramji
"It is Global Warming and related phenomena. The temperature of
the earth is rising." — Shahin, a college student
"I am on a vacation. I need peace. So no business." —
Cindy Denis, a Swiss
tourist
"It is about earth’s temperature on
rise."
— Mr S.L. Krisna, a
tourist |
WHY IS IT SO HOT?
"...because of nuclear bombing!!"
— Mr.Chaturvedi on the India Gate lawns
"It’s the CFC and smoky
industrialization, deforestation is also one of the causes"
— Ian Nicau, a French
tourist.
"We need to control our emissions and plant more trees.
The industries are emitting all the harmful gases like SO2, CO2 etc." —
Ms Shibani Ghosh, an
artist
"I think global warming is because of ozone hole and
because of CFCs and other smoke and gases" — S. Biswas
"It’s the pollution, which is getting things
heated up. Reduce pollution and you reduce global warming" — Mr Sunil Joshi
"All the fingers point towards the north." —
Suchita, The Shri Ram
School
"Kyoto Protocol is going to fail, because the developed
countries won’t work and reduce pollution" — Kriti, The Shri Ram School
"Seven COPs but nothing
came of it!"
Mr Lieb (South Africa)
GT: What do you think about climate change?
Lieb: It is a serious problem in which there is lack of water. Something should be done by
the world unanimously on it, so that our next generations get enough of water.
GT: Sir, do you think that the COP-8 meeting held at Vigyan Bhavan would help in this
matter?
Lieb: May be, but not much.
 Mr Hatcher (England)
GT: Sir, what do you think about climate change?
Hatcher: It is a very serious problem; we live in England where there is not much of
pollution and India should do more things about it.
GT: Sir, do you think that the COP-8 would help in this matter?
Hatcher: Yes, it should as it is for noble cause.
Vijay Ram (India)
GT: Sir, what do you think about climate change?
Vijay Ram: CNG is really harmful to people and should be banned in use. The poor farmers
suffer the most and it is like a deadly disease.
GT: Sir, do you think that the COP-8 summit would help in this matter?
Vijay Ram: Certainly not because there have already been 7 COPs but nothing came out of
it.
— Bhanu Gandotra |
