Highlighting the dangers of global warming, Tamil Nadu Governor
Surjit Singh Barnala said on Wednesday that countries should
join hands and share their research to limit the dangers of
climate change and promote sustainable development. Climatic
conditions have changed due to human activity and long term
policies should be designed to protect citizens from the dangers
of climate change, he said. “Addressing the problems and
evolving effective diplomacy in mitigating climate change is the
need of the hour,” he said at an international conference on
climate change and environmental sustainability in India,
organised by Madras University. The focus should be on
galvanizing efforts to respond to climate change and formulate
plans to reduce global warming. This would be made possible by
going in for an eco-friendly lifestyle pattern coupled with
harvesting of natural resources of power like solar and wind
energy, he said. “We need to develop strategies to make use of
solar energy and wind energy for both domestic