Ziqitza - World Environment Day
                     Ziqitza - World Environment Day
The environment plays a crucial role in our survival on this planet. 
It is the most important thing that makes life sustainable. Led by 
the United Nations Environment Programme, World Environment 
Day is held every year on 5th June. The day was celebrated for the 
first time in the year 1973, and is the largest global platform, 
where millions of people from around the world work commonly 
towards environment public outreach. 
 
Ziqitza Healthcare ltd, one of the country’s leading healthcare 
organisations explains that the environment constitutes 
everything around us - both living and nonliving. The living 
component consists of animals, plants, microorganisms, etc, and 
the nonliving component consists of things such as, water, air, soil 
etc. Ziqitza further explains that due to rapid industrialisation and 
modernisation, the environmental conditions have degraded in 
the past decades causing global warming which has resulted in 
climate change. 
Ziqitza healthcare stresses on the fact that mankind’s 
dependence on natural resources for their energy 
consumption needs has cascaded to the multilayered ill-
effects and issues of climate change. Not only has rampant 
unregulated development led to diminishing natural 
resources, it has also increased pollution levels - air pollution, 
noise pollution, marine pollution etc. Environmental 
degradation and climate change are multilayered issues and 
require solutions or mitigation strategies that are holistic and 
comprehensive.
 
#OnlyOneEarth is the theme for this year’s World Environment 
Day. Ziqitza Rajasthan looks at the scientific evidence available 
and states that the planet earth faces triple planetary 
emergencies. First, the global temperatures are rising at an 
increased rate, rather too quickly for the people and nature to 
adapt to it. 
An estimated 1 million species are on the verge of extinction. Third, 
nations across the world are dealing with various kinds of pollution 
which are causing health emergencies and increasing mortality rates.
The time to mitigate this climate emergency is now. Ziqitza Limited 
believes that the time is opportune now to work towards 
formulating affirmative climate policies. Scientists and 
environmentalists across the world believe that the only way out of 
this dilemma of triple planetary emergencies, is only when 
economies across the world adopt an inclusive and sustainable way 
of living. It is only when we regulate our energy consumption and 
take certain actions to minimise our carbon footprints that the 
environment can be salvaged. We've got just one planet and we 
must all protect and safeguard it.
 
The adverse effects of climate change are already harrowing. 
ZHL Rajasthan points out how countries across the world are 
experiencing extreme weather events which are direct results of 
climate change. The recent wildfires in Brazil, United States of 
America and Australia are prime examples how rising temperatures 
can cause wildfires and levy huge economic and human costs. 
Increased incidences of cyclones and typhoons in places 
with no such history can be reported. 
Ziqitza Limited Rajasthan explains how India is also 
adversely affected by climate change. In the recent past, 
India has witnessed increased incidents of flash floods, 
erratic rainfalls, droughts and floods. The floods in 
Uttarakhand can be attributed to rising temperatures and 
melting of ice glaciers. The heart wrenching Kerala flood in 
the year 2018, is a prime example how increased 
urbanisation leads to deforestation, which further reduces 
the soil’s ability to catch rainfall leading to flash floods and 
soil erosion. The erratic and heavy rainfalls in Kerala state 
during the year 2018 was due to changes in weather 
pattern owing to climate change.
Not just, extreme weather calamities, overconsumption of 
natural resources, deforestation has led to decreased levels 
of groundwater and reduced amount of rainfall. This has 
caused cities that were water rich earlier to experience 
water crises at an unprecedented level. In the recent past, 
cases of water scarcity were reported from Chennai and 
Bangalore.
 
 Ziqitza Health care Limited explains the need of the hour is 
to adopt an environment friendly and sustainable approach 
and way of living. We cannot continue to consume natural 
resources at the current rate. We must adopt and practise 
reuse and recycle wherever possible. The world economies 
must move away from the consumption only economic 
model to a more circular model with minimal wastage.