Rights against the Adverse Effects of Climate Change! Who & How to Ensure? -Not Only National Governments!

Abstract

In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly declared that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right. The Supreme Court of India has recently in a judgment, a significant step towards acknowledging the impact of climate change on human life, has said that the "right against the adverse effects of climate change" falls under the scope of Articles 14 and 21, which guarantee rights to equality and life and country must take action to mitigate it. Focusing on the mean surface air temperature offers a reliable way to compare the relentless heat affecting both deserts and rainforests. In order of highest mean temperature Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mauritania, Tuvalu, Djibouti the Gambia, Maldives, Benin, and Palau. Eight states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh in India are sizzling hot right now. Heat stress is a common problem encountered in farming in hot weather, emergency response activities or recovery operations, when workers are required to work in hot environments, and sometimes for extended periods. Any process or job site that is likely to raise the workers deep core temperature {> 100.4 degrees F/ (38°C)} raises the risk of heat stress. Materials & Methods: This article is based on recent reports of heat stroke across & India managing one case each of heat stress, Prickly heat, Heat exhaustion in first week of May 2024 and literature search of management practices across the world. Results: All the cases managed had recovered fully. Among the media reports of heat stroke fatalities, there is a need to authenticate all such deaths by medical teams. Synthesis of the Conclusion: The world must be concerned, not just climate change but other environmental crises such as air and water pollution, noise and light pollution in cities, micro plastics, freshwater availability, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification etc. We need an integrated approach for addressing all the global environmental issues. Ultimately, we should strive for a safe and resilient Earth for that, States must reduce a) carbon emissions levels, b) concrete jungles and increase c) number of trees, and d) number of lakes!.