India

Male. Age 28. Trading, Delhi, India
Have you heard of COP15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen? [Yes/No] Yes!

Do you think that climate change affects you in your daily life? If so how?

Yes, I am strong believer that any change, which is against the nature, is dangerous for the living beings. Tsunami and earthquakes are the few examples.

What do you see as the most severe problems for the climate?

I think the biggest threat is the industries and pollution and there is too much stress on the earth because of these industries and modern outlook and is coming out in the shape of climate change.

Do you personally feel any responsibility for the climate and are there any things you can do to contribute to a better climate?

Yes we all are responsible for the climate change and I think we our selves are responsible for these changes as we all are running for materialistic things even forgot ourselves in the race and our attitude towards social activities are declining day by day and we are becoming self centered for our own interest like: cars, big houses, gold, shares, jewelry and money.

The only way to contribute in a bigger way is to stop the mad races of nuclear and borders and bring people out of the nationalities and make them to think that they are one world.

Individual level: The only solution I have in my mind is we should respect our earth same way as we respect our work, love in same way as we love our family and other materialistic things.

World’s level: we should increase our pace in achieving the green world; each and every thing in our surroundings should be eco friendly. All the projects happening around us should be eco friendly and all the countries have one ministry for eco friendly to look after all the projects.

How do you think our built environment affects climate? What should we change in our built environment to help prevent climate change?

Yes our built environment also have a big role in climate change, it should be made mandatory that no building can be made without the green norms.

Male. Age 26. Architect, Delhi, India

Have you heard of COP15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen? [Yes/No] Yes!

Do you think that climate change affects you in your daily life? If so how?

Yes, it is changing my level of comfort every passing year. Winters are now short lived, rains scanty and unseasonal leading to power cuts, price rise in food commodities due to drought-like conditions. This year has left me to spend more on basic food items.

What do you see as the most severe problems for the climate?
Of course global warming. The earth is not being allowed to breathe properly.

Do you personally feel any responsibility for the climate and are there any things you can do to contribute to a better climate?
Personally being an Architect I can try to adhere to the sustainability norms in construction, which consequently would help in negating the pollution level.

How do you think our built environment affects climate? What should we change in our built environment to help prevent climate change?
Our built environment is constituted of constructed buildings, roads, pavements, street furniture and vegetation and water bodies wherever they share intimacy with settlement. Basically the whole thing may be divided into two parts: grey matter and green matter........the green mater has to be conserved and multiplied, the grey matter brought down to the bare minimum requirement.