More than 70% of our planet is filled with water. But fresh water constitutes a very small proportion of this enormous quantity. About 2.7 per cent of the total water available on the earth is fresh water of which about 75.2 per cent lies frozen in polar regions and another 22.6 per cent is present as ground water. The rest is available in lakes, rivers, atmosphere, moisture, soil and vegetation. What is effectively available for consumption and other uses is a small proportion of the quantity available in rivers, lakes and ground water. Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use.
Green Solutions J&K
IYCN presents the Green Solutions Jammu and Kashmir. www.greensolutionsindia.org
The Kashmir valley, often known as Paradise on Earth, is famous for its beautiful mountainous landscape; in recent years though, Kashmir's environment is undergoing rapid change and pollution. These changes are happening due to various reasons such as deforestation andmelting glaciers combined with depleting snow cover. These lead to shrinking water supply and shrinking water bodies and wetlands, soil degradation, etc.
The solutions to all of these problems available in Jammu and Kashmir are not suitable to the climatic conditions of the valley, outdated, consume a lot of energy and require heavy maintenance. .
Battle Until Dawn for Humanity's Survival
It is 6:13 am and in the Bella Conference Center I am listening to the chair of the AOSIS (Association of Small Island States) trying to fight off uncontrollable tears. I am almost certain that the Group of 77 (a behemoth of 130 plus developing country states) is coming to an end. Countries are divided and I am witnessing accusations fly across the plenary. Why has it taken us so long to arrive at this point? We sit here with the “Copenhangen Accord” staring at our faces. It is a document full of hot air and is not what billions of people across the planet had been promised to deliver atmospheric restitution. Once again the developed nations have managed to gain somewhat of an upper hand in the wake of greater sacrifices of the larger developing countries.