New Delhi: The President's Address to the joint session of Parliament at the start of the Budget Session on Friday for the first time took note of climate change as President Kalam expressed concern over the impending climate change due to global warming and called upon the international community to evolve a framework for sustainable development to ward off the threat.
The President also announced that a major programme for massive afforestation of degraded forest land, 'Green India', was under
active consideration of his government.
"The threat of climate change and global warming will have adverse consequences for life on our planet and our development prospects. We need economically affordable, technologically feasible and socially equitable policies to deal with the challenge of sustainable development," he said.
The international community must evolve a framework for sustainable development that takes into account the growth aspirations of developing countries, he said.
Quoting Gandhiji, Kalam said: ''The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyman's greed."
''Taking care of our environment and ensuring ecological sustainability of our growth process is major challenge nationally
and globally,'' said the President. He also said the Government proposed to strengthen activities for environment education and respect for wildlife through school curiculum.
A Tiger Conservation Authority and a Wildlife Crime Bureau have already been constituted to ensue greater protection to wildlife,
he added.
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