5th June is the World Environment Day
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Ranjan K Baruah
Contd from previous issue
In his message on the occasion of WED 2026, António Guterres, the Secretary General of the UN has said that “every fraction of a degree brings greater harm – especially to the most vulnerable. Our task is to make that overshoot as small, as short, and as safe as possible – and rapidly bring temperatures back down".
We should know that climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions.
But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures.
Climate scientists have shown that humans are responsible for virtually all global heating over the last 200 years. (To be contd)
Contd from previous issue
In his message on the occasion of WED 2026, António Guterres, the Secretary General of the UN has said that “every fraction of a degree brings greater harm – especially to the most vulnerable. Our task is to make that overshoot as small, as short, and as safe as possible – and rapidly bring temperatures back down".
We should know that climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions.
But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising temperatures.
Climate scientists have shown that humans are responsible for virtually all global heating over the last 200 years. (To be contd)