At a time when the world’s attention was riveted on Delhi, hosting the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting, and on Beijing, where Donald Trump held a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Kashmir was building an inspiring story of its own.

There was a lot of debate whetherTrump-Xi summit ended with a success or it delivered one-sided results in favour of Beijing, the pivot of Asian power. There also was a debate whether BRICS Foreign Ministers were able to convey message of multilateralism more effectively than the emerging reality of G-2- US and China. This debate will go on and analysts will stay divided on these issues.

Amidst all this, Kashmir was writing its own story of inspiration, on which there is no debate nor any scope of argument. A new awakening has gripped the people about their future and posterity as they are feeling the heat of climate change. It has twin angles – one is natural, and other is man made. Kashmir is determined to reverse the manmade part of it, though it has its own difficulties. This save environment campaign is not all about preserving trees, snow and mountains, it, in essence is the lasting quest for peace of their region. They are now investing in the campaign and practice of saving the environmentin all senses of the word. That is crucial for the geopolitics and geo-economics of the region. It is to stop fighting against the nature and embrace everything that makes Kashmir, the Kashmir.

Growing concerns over environmental degradation, rising temperatures, shrinking rivers and melting glaciers found profound........

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