This world environment day, Mumbaiites will have dedicated tools in their hands to keep tabs on and control climate change. A team of inspired and dedicated youngsters have put up a website the city?s old and young can use easily. On this World Environment Day, environmentally conscious Mumbaiites will have tools at the click of a mouse to help them keep tabs on, and control climate change. A bunch of young and dedicated professionals have put together a website to help tackle climate change. The tools help calculate carbon footprints and their impact on the city, and suggest changes for a sustainable lifestyle.

The website www.mmr-ccrt.org.in was launched at Maharashtra Nature Park at Dharavi here on the eve of World Environment Day on Wednesday. ?The most important point is, there is no city-specific information on climate change in this part of the world. No tools really tell me what my actions mean for my city. We have painstakingly factored many elements to build up realistic tools. For example, at least 50 per cent people travel in trains in Mumbai, but there was no calculator which addressed this and told me the exact impact of train travel on climate change in Mumbai,? Shantanu Roy, Senior Vice President of Environmental Management Centre LLP (EMC) said. EMC has designed 10 tools for Mumbai Metropolitan Region ? Environment Improvement Society (MMR-EIS), which was established by the Government of Maharashtra?s MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority) in 1996. The environmental society aims at promoting improvement of environment in the Mumbai region.

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