Aye you climate fool, wake up!
Working in a youth organization that is striving hard to address a global issue, it has always intrigued me to witness first hand, some of the debates and arguments that young people have on the issue of Climate change in this highly inter connected world. Climate change has become synonymous with a lot of problems [...]
It’s not the Science that Matters
As more and more writers cry foul, saying that our current way of life is fine, and the status quo is worthy of retention and worship, I feel that it is necessary to put the Science in perspective. The duty of Science is to find out why things that happen are happening, in the [...]
Winners of the Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition Announced
In a superb conflation of technological brilliance and management excellence, Brand IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) and IIM (Indian Institute of Management) shone at the 2009 Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™ India, Asia’s first and most prestigious sustainable/clean technology venture competition, founded in 2007, and hosted by the legendary IIT Kharagpur November 6-7, 2009. [...]
Memorandum with Women’s Charter on Climate Justice Submitted to Minister of Environment and Forests
National Civil Society Coalition for Climate Justice and Equitable Development
This document is prepared from the perspective of safeguarding the interests of the marginalised majority in India
Civil Society Perspective and Position on the vital issue of climate justice
We, representatives of organizations and networks believe that the discourse on Climate Change cannot and must not be [...]
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 [...]
India’s Climate Revolution: growing stronger by the day
What is Development?
The poorer billions on Earth contribute negligible amounts of pollution, admittedly because they do not have the means. The enormous bulk of the emissions are caused by the ‘developed’ section (a very small section) of society worldwide. And we are now saying that we must not stop those poorer billions from increasing their contribution to the problem?!
Is India Eating Her Own Melting Ice cream?
I love ice cream and can never get enough of it. But what is intriguing is the Indian ice cream seems to be melting much faster than any other type of ice cream at the UN negotiations here at Bangkok.
Are we being really fussy and imitating the US and EU negotiators?
Are we also speaking without [...]
Destruction in the hills, ‘Development’ of the country?
PERSPECTIVES
Invites you to a discussion on
Destruction in the hills, ‘Development’ of the country?
On Dams and Hydro Electric Power Projects in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Speakers:
Himanshu Thakkar
(South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People)
Manshi Asher
(Environment Research and Action Collective)
Kannan Kasturi
(Independent Researcher)
Presentation by Perspectives and release of report “Hollowing the Hills, Cementing Profits: A Report [...]
Hyderabad Youth Charter on Climate
This youth charter on Climate/ Climate Change is the outcome of the first Hyderabad Youth Summit on Climate Change held in the Deloitte Campus in Gachibowli, Hyderbad on June 20, 21st ’09. The summit was organized by the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) with the support of WWF-India, Deloitte and APEC.
Since the charter is quite [...]
Hyderabad Youth Contemplate Development in the Context of Climate Change
Cross-posted from thoughtPosition
The 2-day Hyderabad Summit on Climate Change (HySocc’09) on 20th & 21st June by IYCN was a unique affair: one that created impact, invoked inspiration and involved diverse actors from the society: students, IT professionals, Green analysts, activists and most importantly individuals and organizations which ‘did something about it’. It involved in-depth analysis [...]
From the “End of the World”
I’m writing this from the southern most city on the planet, Ushuaia, which is located in the province of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. It is a stunning place. The amount of greenery here astonishes me–and more so the fact that being 1,000 km from the icy continent of Antarctica, I’m seeing a dense growth [...]
On Development and Key Issues
Times like these call for desperate measures and a concerted attempt at tackling the menace. I have in my capacity, attended various seminars and summits on climate change and have enjoyed the wonderful opportunity of interacting with different minds from different age groups on their opinions of this issue. I am heartened by the fervor [...]
