Climate Change is Real.

The effects of climate change resulting from increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere include things that have been happening, things that have recently gotten worse and things to happen in the future.  Some of the future effects may depend on things that are not yet well understood.  That means that we can be fairly sure about some things, especially those that are already happening.  These effects will continue, and they are likely to get more extreme.  To really go into future projections would require writing that's longer than what's in a typical book.  A book written by Climate scientists is  Dire Predictions ,  Dire Predictions, 2nd Edition: Understanding Climate Change: Michael E. Mann, Lee R. Kump: 9781465433640: Amazon.com: Books Current effects that are likely to continue and to be amplified: 1.  On the average the Earth is getting warmer, but this is not happening evenly.  The Arctic region is warming faster than any oth...

Nobody aspires to be poor, but the problem arises when one wants to eat the cake and have it too.  Sustainable Development  is a popular term being used since the eighties to essentially emphasize the importance of pursuing economic development in a way which also takes care of inter-generational and intra-generational equity. There is a humongous amount of literature available on the subject , let us look at the basics first. One, the difference between Growth and Development. Whereas growth is generally measured in terms of increments in per capita GDP or exports or industrial production, development is a broad based concept that includes quality of life parameters such as healthcare, education and quality of ambient air and water as well. Two, the distinction between the terms sustained and sustainable. A sustained pace of growth may or may or not be sustainable. So what is sustainability all about ?  In a nutshell, it is about the economic developmental pr...