Investing in nature is key to mitigate climate change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report points to strong and sustained reductions in emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and to limit climate change. With industrialization, the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has reached 418 ppm from 280ppm during the pre-industrial era. This has resulted in global warming with an increase in temperature of 0.2 degree Celsius every decade. A rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide and a consequent increase in the atmospheric temperature is worrisome. United Nations is committed to limit the rise in the global average temperature to 1.5 degrees that of pre-industrial era. The only way to prevent exceeding the threshold set up by the UN, is by urgently stepping up our efforts, by bringing more area under tree cover.
