India, Aug. 7 -- A green future is not an aspiration for tomorrow - it is a necessity for today. The cost of inaction will be far greater than the investment required now

Climate change is not a phenomenon to unfold in the future as many thoughts. It is happening right now in front of our eyes. And results are devastating - properties worth billions of dollars and precious lives are being lost to the nature's fury. Flash floods, cloudbursts, melting glaciers and the rising sea levels - due to rising temperatures attributed to carbon emission - are happening now.

The recent flash floods in Uttarkashi are a grim reminder that climate change is no longer a distant threat but a rapidly unfolding reality. As torrential rains turned tranquil ri...