A conference on “Small Islands and Climate Change” on the World Environment Day was organised by the Institution of Engineers (India), Rourkela local Centre.
Deputy General Manager, Environmental Engineering Department, Rourkela Steel Plant SN Xess spoke about the genesis of the World Environment Day in 1972 and different themes and aspects discussed in the subsequent years that followed to save the mother earth.
He said 52 small island nations are under threat from the severe changes in weather conditions and the rising ocean levels caused by global warming at the Caribbean, Pacific, Africa, Indian Ocean, Africa, Mediterranean and South China Sea.
He requested all to be a part of world-wide campaign for minimising the impact of climate change on developing small island nations.