ABSTRACT

The tendency to give global macro examples in facing up to the global warming challenge always appears very distant. Glaciers melting far away, sea levels rising and landmasses getting submerged, phasing out Carbon Fluorocarbons (CFCs), shifting to renewable power generation: all appear distant in the daily lives of people. The extreme heat destroying standing wheat crops and incessant rains causing flooding in hitherto unidentified flood-prone areas is making people wonder what is happening. The circular economy has to establish itself in the lives of people for it to be effective. Mulch and other initiatives in biofertilizers and biopesticides using cow dung, cow urine, neem, and others are now being used on a wide scale. First and foremost, agriculture and drinking water are the biggest casualties of global warming. Crops are becoming affected due to the changing precipitation pattern from a spread-over system to an intensive flood, like rainfall disasters in many regions.