With risk of the Sundarbans submerging, there is an urgent need
for global reduction of emissions and replacement of fossil fuels
with renewable energy. Governments also need to promote
plantation of local saline resistant seeds. Even as the State and
Central Government of India finalise action plans to tackle the
problems of climate change and take steps for poverty alleviation
in one of the world’s poorest regions, there is a pressing
requirement to set up flood relief centres and rapid action
response teams to cyclones and storms.