Global warming, natural disasters, climate change and health
The biggest producer of GHGs, which is the USA,
is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol (KP), regarding it's
prevention. KP is an international agreement setting targets for
industrialised countries to cut their GHG emissions. This protocol
was agreed and ratified in 1997 by most countries. Signing of KP is
symbolic and it's ratification carries a legal obligation and
effectively becomes a contractual agreement. The target was to cut
their combined emissions by at least less than 5% by 2008 - 2012
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Walk from Dondra to Jaffna - a heartwarming event
It was heartwarming to observe the popular
support for this great walk and its objectives from all walks of
life. During the walk, it is reported that a man shirtless, emerged
from a mud hut to put a few rupees to the trail till,
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An engineering perspective of railways
Even though the railways is a subject close to
my heart and my professional interest, I did not have the privilege
of knowing or associating with this man who to many Sri Lankans was
the heart of the railways. As a schoolboy in the 1960s who used the
train when going home for the weekend to the upcountry, I grew up
knowing that the name Rampala meant Railways and Railways meant
Rampala – alas that is all that I knew at that time.
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