A total of 78 students of BA Environmental Studies of semester IV took part in the Scientific Poster Exhibition on ‘Climate Change’ which was held on 10th June, 2013 under the supervision of Ms. Kencho Wangmo (Senior Lecturer in EVS) at Royal Thimphu College. According to Ms. Kencho, the main objective of this initiative was to challenge and encourage students studying ES 241 (Air and Water Pollution) to find various scientific evidences related to climate change and to develop their interest, attention and understanding on this very important topic. The other objective was to expose students to the use of this visual communication tool to capture the interest of the RTC family in educating and creating awareness on some of the threats and vulnerabilities of climate change to Bhutan.
Both faculties and students from other Programmes were seen going through the exhibition work and interacting with different authors of the poster. The poster topics varied from the threats of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and outbreak of pests like Army Worm, Giant African land Snails (GALS) etc in the Agriculture and forest sector in Bhutan to various suggestions in reducing the GHGs at global level. It definitely provided a good platform to create awareness on the issue of global warming and climate change.