Under the Weather: Climate Change in Rural India
The Great Wall of India
India is fencing off its border with Bangladesh. What will that mean for millions of potential climate refugees? An 8-foot-high, double-walled, barbed-wire fence draped with laundry menaces the border between Sutia, India, and Dhannokulla, Bangladesh. But if I wanted to cross from Sutia to Dhannokulla last week, I wouldn’t have needed to jump the fence—I [...]
Small wins and Stable Foundations
This year, the Indian Youth Delegation is focusing on small wins, and stable foundations for the future. As much as we’d like it, we don’t expect the Parties to whip out a magic wand or wish away their differences. Countries have made some progress in the past one year since Copenhagen on the so-called ‘non-negotiables’ and their individual [...]
