Thiruvananthapuram: The opposition accused the inter-governmental panel reports on climate change which warned serious impact on Kerala was ignored by the state government, and was still advancing with projects such as high-speed semi train projects that would have a serious impact on ecology.
Looking for leave for the postponement movement regarding a worrying situation that can arise because of climate change, the first in the subject in the history of assembly, MLA PC Vishnunath said that the IPCC report made serious observations about the state.
Of the 12 cities that can be swallowed by water throughout the world, one is Kochi.
Also, there are repetitive natural disasters in all states since 2018, including OCKHI, floods, cloud explosions, landslides, cyclone circulation, etc.
“Even so, the state cannot complete the action plan on climate change and hand it over to the center., The draft prepared in 2018 itself,” he said.
He also said that the center of climate study in Kottayam had sanction strength for 12 scientists, but no one was appointed.
The government also sits above the inter-disciplinary committee report prepared after the floods about the country.
All of this shows a lukewarm approach in this country, he said.
The Chairperson of the Pinarayai Minister Vijayan, who agreed that this problem was serious and must be discussed on a broader canvas and not in a short time, saying that the government made all possible steps to overcome the problem.
He said that the government thought to appoint nodal agents to make carbon-neutral countries.
He said that the government also considered conducting international constellation on the subject with experts from all over the world, in the capital.
The government believes in balancing developmental activities with environmental conservation.
He also enrolled several government initiatives, including Rebuild Kerala Initiative, Paddy-Land and Wetland Law, electric vehicle policy, waste-to-energy programs, among others, as several steps of the government by paying attention to environmental conservation.
The opposition leader VD Sathean, however, said that the government was still lagging behind in taking concrete steps to overcome serious problems quoted in the IPCC report.
He said that there was a family who lived in relief camps for six years, and the government had not rehabilitated them.
“The country has become a vulnerable place for drastic climate change since 2015.
It has not studied and takes the necessary steps even though thousands of landslides have been reported from Western Ghats.
Even after the 2018 flood, the government gave sanctions of more than 200 mines in the state , “he said.
At the same time, the government will advance with projects such as the Silverline project, which will divide the country vertically with a 30-foot high embankment.
The government has not even conducted an environmental impact study for this project, he said.
The government has a lukewarm approach to climate change: OPPN
