Bhubaneswar, Oct. 8 -- Former Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena today pleaded for collective efforts to fight climate change. Jena was speaking at the Earth Again Conference-2025, organised by the Sambad Group, in the Odisha capital.

"Our Agriculture sector has been severely affected by climate change. We have been exploiting our natural resources without thinking about the repercussion. We all should come forward to save our mother Earth from destruction," said the former Chief Secretary while speaking at a session 'Downscaling Climate Science to Community' on the concluding day of the conference.

Jena called for urgent measures to reduce the emission of Green House gases. "Overuse of plastic is also a threat to our environment. We sh...