India needs a long-term plan to overcome its water crisis but inter-linking of rivers is not a workable idea, two American professors said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday. His University of California counterpart, David Sedlak, said solutions offered in India such as inter-linking of rivers would not work. India could contribute significantly to stop the climate change by moving from coal-fired technology to cleaner options, said Sachs, a former director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Sachs agreed with the minister that the developed world is responsible for the climate change and should now pay to clean up the mess it created. Sachs criticised the political class for not acting on climate change and air pollution.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2016 13:37 UTC