World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every
year on June 5 to raise global awareness to take
positive environmental action to protect nature and
the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP).
The theme for World Environment Day 2014 is
"Raise Your Voice, Not The Sea Level", which
throws the spotlight on how small islands are being
affected by global warming and the rising sea levels.
It is no surprise to see our climate change drastically
as we have led ourselves to such degradation. Factors
like food wastage and garbage, growing population,
intense industrialization, urbanization etc have
contributed in raising global warming to alarming
levels that threaten our very own existence.
The extreme weather conditions and a record of droughts,
storms and heat not only pose a threat to our climate but
also to the growth and production of food crops. A latest
study revealed that the growing levels of carbon-di-oxide
emissions are making staple crops like wheat, rice,
soyabeans, maize, jowar etc significantly less nutritious.
