ENVIRONMENT

Why Environment
Once, Mahatma Gandhi said, "There is enough for everybody's need and not for any body's greed." Plant provide us with timber give shelter to animals produce oxygen we breath, protect soil so essential for growing crops, act as shelter belts, help in storage of underground water, gives use fruits, nuts, latex, turpentine oil, gum, medicinal plants and also paper that is so essential for your studies.

Extent of the problem
Earth has lost about 80 % of its native forests. 71% earth is covered by water in which 68% covered by sea and 3% on land. Similarly, 29% earth is covered by land. According to a recent NITI Aayog report, 21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater in coming years if usage continues at the current rate. Earths average temp has been increasing above 1-degree census; consequently, it increased the frequency of drought and at some places suddenly increased raining than normal rain converts that area into flood. The Sixth Assessment Report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Global warming at 1.5c temp propagates the need to strengthen and enhance existing coping capacity. According to World Bank report due to Environment Degradation India faces loss of Rs. 3.75 trillion per year that is 5.7% of GDP.

Our Approach
Development is a need of the society but it should be from environment perspective, development needs to be climate-smart. Development that meets the need of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs. Energy Access has to be Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable, Modern

Objectives of the BTCF:

• 1. Plantation and environment conservation and protection of environment.
• 2. Cleaning of rivers, drains, canals.
• 3. To survey the factors related to the environment and bring the seriousness to the attention of the concerned persons and submit the report to the Government
• 5. Providing environmental training to private workers.
• 6. To organize various competitions for the purpose of creating environmental awareness among students

Economic Growth should be

1) Inclusive- All the section of nation should be get benefited by it.
2) Sustain- Growth should be sustaining not sudden high and sudden low.
3) Clean- Less harm to Environment
4) Formalize- Formalization of economy

Regarding Environment, Who can issue order & instruction & direction in India:

1) National Green Tribunal (NGT)
2) National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB)
3) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

UNO on Environment

1) Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)
2) UNFCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
3) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), 1992
4) Kyoto Protocol (1997)
5) Paris Agreement (2015)