Effective measures can be taken with the public involved. Government agencies responsible for Ecological Study/Observation should have a role in the grass root level to encourage/educate Panchayats and other institutions to take measures to counter Global Warming. This can be better done by helping panchayats spread awareness of the agents/factors causing imbalance in the climate and ecosystem. This will help bring down indiscrimate logging, levelling of hills to fill marshy plains etc. After all fuel consumption, though the major one, is not the only cause of climate change.
Govenments should make changes in policies to provide incentives to reduce fuel comsumptiom. Carpooling must be encouraged at a larger scale. Public transportaion should increase so that citizens can become less dependent on private vehicles.
The Media can play a big role in this regard. Popular websites like Rediffmail or any Newspaper can start a well publicised campaign requesting readers to submit proposals/suggestions to be included in the local governments which will help formulate policies to counter climate change. Once the propasals are collected, Environmentalists(by then with a greater backing fromthe public) can prepare a draft and submit to local bodies at various levels for consideration.
By this exercise, readers will get an opportunity to think about their role in contributing to this effort.
The task is huge but the effort will be worthwhile....
