New Delhi, March 16 -- What an extraordinarily tragic fortnight it has been. Across countries, the West Asia war - through the killing, burning, and bombing - has left us in grief and horror. Even if the bombings stopped tomorrow, the war's consequences will linger for decades, particularly through its environmental toll. Let us think back to the Gulf war of 1990, when Iraq attempted to invade Kuwait, sparking a global conflict involving NATO. Did you know the resulting pollution reached as far as the Himalayas? We know that winds carrying desert dust from West Asia have previously reached the Indo-Gangetic Plains, turning everything into a dusty smog. What happens when these winds are hyper-toxic, carrying the remnants of burnt fossil fuels? This is what this war offers to an Indian child, and I cannot even imagine how an Iranian child can breathe air so full of soot and chemicals. During the Gulf War, Iraq spilled about 7 million barrels of oil into the seas, killing millions of marine creatures. Today, with climate change and warming oceans, species are far more vulnerable, and they are already struggling to survive. It is likely that ships struck during the ongoing conflict have released oil into the ocean. We may not know the exact figure, but we know that damage has been done. It is too early for anyone to say exactly how India will be impacted by the direct pollutants from the war, but we are not exempt. Wars today harm everyone, even those not directly involved. This makes wars the ultimate form of global injustice that would impact everyone....