Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (IINRG), Namkum onganised a seminar on ‘Climate Change and Biodiversity’ here on Wednesday. Dr Gopal Pathak, Vice Chancellor, Jharkhand Technical University, Namkum was the chief guest on the occasion.

Director, IINRG, Dr Keval Krishna Sharma welcomed the guests, scientists and participants from various organizations and informed them about the activities and achievements of the institute. “Instead of adapting to nature, we tend to change nature for us and due to this the rising temperatures across the globe have adversely affected the agriculture sector,” he said.

Addressing the gathering Pathak said, “Facilities have increased due to industrialisation and urbanisation but so have the problems. Government heads of various countries first met in 1974 to discuss climate change and also suggested steps to curb it. Strict policies are needed to prevent environment change.”

Director of Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Garkhatanga, Ranchi Dr Tilak Raj Sharma said that growing population is also responsible for climate change as it increases the burden on institutions and by 2050 the world population will increase by two billion. Addressing the first technical session Dr A Wadood- Director Agriculture Meteorological Department, BAU Kanke said that due to climate change storms and floods have occurred in various parts of the world. “In Jharkhand there was an overall average increase in the rain but if had decreased during monsoon.

The rise in temperature has accelerated since 1990,” said Wadood. In the second technical session Scientist Dr Rajkumar Yogi spoke on the topic of climate change and sustainable development and said that only a balanced environment can lead to consistency in development.