Global warming is one of the biggest issues facing the world today. Some days back eminent environmentalist Suresh Pachouri had expressed concern over melting of glaciers due to global warming and resultant increase in sea level. He opined that the increase in sea level would inundate the habitations close to the seas. Even though the developed countries are also expressing concern over the effects of global warming on the environment, yet they are not taking effective measures to control the situation. At the same time they are laying the blame for the deteriorating environment on fast emerging economies of China and India in the Asian sub-continent. At their summit in the resort town of Toyako, G8 leaders agreed to consider and adopt the goal of achieving a cut of at least 50 percent in worldwide carbon emissions by 2050, but they made no targeted promise for action in the medium term. Leading scientists have also said the G8's stance on global warming was too vague and too distant to break the oncoming juggernaut of climate change. Experts acknowledged the usefulness of the G8 goal, but the accord did not mention a base year by which the 50-percent cut would be compared, nor did it identify what cuts would be made in the next decade, a period critical for determining whether the fight against climate change will succeed or fail. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh reiterated that India is committed to the path of sustainable development, but stressed that even as the country pursues economic growth and development aggressively, its per capita emissions will not exceed those of developed countries.