Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that from Panchayat to Parliament, all stakeholders must act proactively in protecting the environment. Naidu while interacting with the trainees at Swarna Bharat Trust in Hyderabad, said, "Everyone must become a warrior in the movement to protect the environment in the light of the climate crisis the world is going through. From Panchayat to Parliament, all stakeholders must act proactively in protecting the environment." He also stressed the need to act stringently with violators of pollution laws and consider strict enforcement of the 'Polluter Pays' principle. Highlighting the recent disasters such as the flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, landslides in Uttarakhand, and heatwaves in Canada and the United States, he said they are instances of increasing frequency of extreme weather events due to global warming and climate change. He added that 'these are tell-tale signs that climate change is real and cannot be wished away.'