The British Council today organised a seminar on
“Understanding climate change” at the ICSSR Complex in Panjab
University here today.
Environmentalists and scholars gathered to
discuss issues related to global warming and climate change. The
highlight of the event was screening of the movie, “A green agony”, by
Geeta Singh and co-directed by Avinash Kumar. The movie, which
illustrated the destruction of Sundarbans and is now under the threat
of global warming, also depicted how the islands close by are getting
submerged with each passing year.
The movie
captured the plight of localites, who said if the Sundarbans were
destroyed by the fury of nature due to global warming,
West Bengal would come under threat. “The English and Hindi
versions of the movie have been utilised by environmentalists to raise
a concern at a large number of conferences in
India and abroad,”
said AD Ahluwalia, environmentalist, who introduced the theme. The
seminar also included lively discussion on the statements made by
political leaders about climate change.
