Visakhapatnam, Jan 3 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called upon scientists, especially meteorologists, to improve the quality of data and its analysis on climate change in the wake of worldwide concern over global warming.
'Experts should improve the quality of data they collect and analysis of the available data, especially with regard to climate change,' Manmohan Singh said.'For instance, there is a need to collect data on what is happening to the Himalayan glaciers and not just on our side of the border but on the system as a whole,' the PM told delegates in his inaugural address of the 95th Indian Science Congress (ISC) here.Referring to the focal theme of the ISC and approach towards a knowledge-based society that was environmentally sustainable, Singh said the concern over climate change was based on painstaking statistical work though its basis was weak and more theoretical.
'Climate change poses a great challenge to our development prospects as well as the livelihood of our people. We need a global response, a national response and a local response,' Singh asserted. More >>>
