India expects negotiations to be extended
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declares that a fair deal can only be reached through further talks
In a speech immediately following President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated unequivocally that negotiations would need to continue until 2010, to strike any kind of agreement that would enhance global action on climate change.
“To [...]
Confused, Connived and Caught Red-handed
The international negotiations on Climate Change were never set to give the world the real deal that it hoped for. All the world leaders, diplomats and statesmen made statements that could have made a cynic turn hopeful of an outcome of the negotiations but alas, here at the final day of the negotiations, the mood [...]
Conference of Youth (COY) – With Hopes Afloat and Passions Ignited!
The past two days at the COP have had one of the deepest impacts on all of us Indian youth. Yesterday, we had two very inspiring speeches from an Australian youth delegate and Deepa Gupta (IYCN). Both these speeches motivated us to keep the struggle for climate justice going and to not give up. Away [...]
To Leaders of the Developed World
Dear Political Leaders of the Developed World,
We are 3 billion youth in the world. We are disillusioned by your attempts to save our ravaged future. How do you justify your decisions to 3 billion youth? Climate change has affected millions of people. People are suffering every day, and yet you adopt [...]
‘Green’ Commonwealth Games?
When in November 2003, Delhi won the rights to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010; it was seen as an opportunity not only to project Delhi as a world class city but also to ‘renovate’ the capital, making it modern and aesthetically attractive. The revenue from the induced tourism promised handsome economic gains. It was [...]
A Letter to our Leaders
Dear Leader,
Namaste. We are the Indian Youth Delegation representing the concerns of Indian Youth and many more to the United Nations COP-15 in December. Our group, selected from all over India by the Indian Youth Climate Network consists of a 20 members team. We come to you in the interests of over 1.3 billion people [...]
IYCN Annual Report 2008
Dear Friends,
The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) was nothing more than an idea in January 2008. Since its official launch as a platform for youth and young professionals in March 2008 it has grown by leaps and bounds and now known to millions throughout the world. It has been a wonderful journey to attempt to [...]
Call for 2nd Round of Applications: Agents of Change
Calling all Climate Crusaders!
IYCN’s Agents of change program is now accepting 2nd round of applications to part of the ‘Agents of Change’ as the Asian subcontinent youth delegation, for the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention and the fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP15 [...]
My first date with the Indian negotiators in Bonn
In yesterday’s interaction Mr Pradipto Ghosh’s, an Indian negotiator, the major message was that these negotiations need to ensure that India can continue its growth.
I agree with Mr Ghosh’s comment. India does need to “grow”. With the largest population of people living below the world’s poverty line, with 400 million people who can’t access commercial [...]
Setting the scene in Bonn
As we were having our first youth meeting I looked outside to the beautiful sunny, green garden with a fountain. Who else do I see but three of our Indian negotiators. How is this possible? Indian bureaucrats are often quite hard to access or catch – but I guess I’m not in India. I’m writing [...]
What’s With the Climate? Performance night in Delhi, May 29/09
Social justice work takes many forms, and one that has been extremely valuable for me personally has been all things creative. We listen to songs with deeply politicized messages, we yell out slogans, we make our voices heard through art, because in so many ways, arts is an easy connector.
The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) [...]
Agents of Change Applications Announced!
Calling all Climate Crusaders!
IYCN’s Agents of Change Program (AoC) is now accepting applications to be part of the Asian subcontinent youth delegation, and the AoC Grounds team for the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention and the fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP15 and [...]
Government Releases Key Answers to India’s Position on Climate Change
Climate Change has become an urgent and pervasive preoccupation across the globe. It is a global challenge which requires an ambitious global response. India and other developing countries would be among those most seriously impacted by the consequences of Climate Change. It is for this reason that India, along with its G-77 + China [...]
India’s National Action Plan on climate change: There is little hope here
PRESS RELEASE February 27, 2009
The plan will help neither the climate, nor the poor
NAPCC lacks urgency, democracy and equity perspective
By: Himanshu Thakkar
The South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People has just published a critique of the India’s National Action Plan on Climate change (NAPCC), titled: “There is little Hope here”. India is more vulnerable [...]
Det Norske Veritas is Back!
The UN has reinstated Det Norske Veritas (DNV) as an authorised verifier of emission reduction projects within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offset scheme, after the company moved to improve its processes for validating and verifying projects.
In a shock move late last year, the executive board of the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) suspended DNV [...]
