Preventing Climate Change: Sine Qua Non For Sustainable Development

Climate change is one of the major challenges facing the world today. It is a global environmental problem which has been receiving intense political attention both at domestic and international levels. The need of the hour is to think about sustainable solutions which are not just temporary but also taking into account the needs of future generations. It must be recognized that natural resources are not unlimited and hence their consumption must be rationed and planned so as to ensure sustainable development. Therefore, preventing climate change is essential condition for sustainable development. Nature friendly alternatives like wind farms, hydro-electricity, solar power, geo-thermal and bio-mass for the generation of power need to be explored and adequately implemented into the system. Other measures through which climate change can be addressed are reducing emissions, improving capacity of the poor to face climate change and increasing sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Equitable development within and among countries is another component of sustainable development philosophy that has received more recognition in SDG framework in the form of an explicit goal. This paper tries to analyse the various measures which need considerable amount of attention to tackle this issue of climate change. Gandhiji said, "The Earth has enough for everyone's needs, but not for everyone's greed.’ With the entire world coming together to secure the future and pass on the legacy of the earth to our forthcoming generations we can hope to create resources to satisfy everyone's needs.