Growing environmental challenges

Growing environmental challenges

Climate change and deteriorating environmental balance are common concerns in today's world. The negative impact on the environment due to human activities and the neglect of the adverse effects on the environment in the face of development competition has added challenges to the very existence of not only human beings but also animals and plants.

We are not immune to the challenges posed by increasing environmental pollution. 

In this regard, to protect the fundamental right of every citizen to live in a clean and healthy environment, to provide compensation to the victims of environmental pollution or degradation, to maintain proper balance between environment and development, to minimize adverse environmental impacts on nature, environment and biodiversity and climate change. Legal and policy arrangements have been made to meet the challenge. We have the Environmental Protection Act, 2076. An environment protection policy has been formulated accordingly. 

Due to population growth, uncontrolled urbanization, lack of coordination between infrastructure development and environment, weakness in integrated and planned development, inadequate management of various types of waste and pollution discharged from hospitals, urban and industrial areas and indiscriminate use of pesticides in agriculture. Yes Deforestation in the name of industrial and infrastructure development has also affected the environment and increased environmental problems.

To direct the enactment of environmental laws, regulations and other sectoral laws, to fulfill the international commitments and to coordinate and co-operate in environmental management between governmental, non-governmental organizations, community and private sector and union, state and local level while maintaining the balance between development and environment. Is mandatory Environmental protection policy is needed for this. 

The goal of this policy is to ensure the right of citizens to live in a clean and healthy environment by controlling pollution, waste management and promoting greenery. Its objectives are to prevent, control and reduce all kinds of pollution including water, air, soil, sound, electromagnetic waves, chemical and radioactive, to manage waste generated from all sources including domestic, industrial and service sectors, and to develop gardens and greenery in urban areas. Are

Similarly, mainstreaming environmental interests in all dimensions of development, ensuring environmental justice to pollution victims, mobilizing public participation in environmental protection and sustainable management of natural resources, utilizing natural and man-made resources equitably between present and future generations, research and capacity building for environmental protection and management. To increase, use the land as per the land use plan, reuse and recycle the available resources as much as possible. 

Various policies and strategies have been formulated for the prevention, control and reduction of pollution. We also have a climate change policy. Climate Change Policy, 2076 recognizes climate change as a serious global problem. Poor and developing nations are more affected than rich and developed nations. 

Despite its negligible role in the world's total greenhouse gas emissions, the policy states that Nepal is one of the countries with the highest risk of adverse effects of climate change due to its topographical diversity, weak topography, sensitive ecosystems and diversity of climatic and micro-climatic zones. 

In addition, due to poverty, illiteracy, social inequality and the fact that the livelihood of the community is more dependent on natural resources, Nepal is considered to be more sensitive to the effects of climate change.

Rapid rise in atmospheric temperature over the past few decades and the resulting climatic disasters such as excess rainfall, drought, and drought have adversely affected Nepal's mountain ranges and glaciers and their dependent ecosystems. 

Due to the rapid melting of snow, the size of glaciers is increasing and the danger of eruption is also increasing. Nepal has signed various international treaties, agreements and agreements related to environment protection and environment protection.

 It may be recalled that Nepal became a party to the 1994 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Necessary laws, policies, standards, etc. need to be formulated to guarantee the constitutional right of every citizen to live in a clean and healthy environment, but without its effective implementation, its justification cannot be confirmed.

Development is an ongoing process. It cannot be stopped but it is inevitable to make it systematic and environment friendly. As nature continues to be attacked in the name of development, it will endanger the ecosystem and endanger various animals and plants, and ultimately endanger human beings. 

There is no denying that environmental imbalances are the cause of the diseases and epidemics that plague the world today, and the kind of terror that only human beings have to endure.

Sustainable management and multidimensional use of natural and man-made resources are prerequisites for the prosperity of the nation. The sustainability of the overall development of the country depends on the quality of environmental conditions. 

It is necessary to prevent and minimize the adverse environmental impacts created by man-made development and to protect the natural environment in order to support the development efforts from the field of environment by managing the issues of environment and social and economic development in an integrated manner. Article 30 of the Constitution of Nepal provides for the fundamental right of every citizen to live in a clean and healthy environment and gives top priority to its protection and management. 

Environmental protection and sustainable social and economic development are possible only through effective legal mechanism, institutional structure, appropriate technology, public participation, good governance and integrated efforts of financial resources. The effects of climate change and global warming are being felt everywhere. That is why mountains and snow-covered areas are becoming desolate. 

This is the main reason behind the mountains turning into black mountains. Deteriorating conditions are causing serious health problems, and rising sea levels are causing some island nations and even the world's largest coastal cities to sink. In the coming days, it is expected that there will be a great struggle for environmental balance, fulfillment of food needs and healthy living. 

Considering the interdependence and interdependence of the relationship between humans, animals and plants, it is important to be aware of the dangers we are causing to the present generation and what kind of earth we are leaving for future generations. .