The Farce of “Emissions Intensity”
Recently, nations and their spokespersons have begun bandying about new numbers, grabbing headlines with ambitious seeming reductions based on a new measurement called “emission intensity”.
The public is being deceived by this type of jargon and manipulation of the issues. The real issue is our civilisation’s use of resources to promote greed, and the [...]
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 [...]
Debating the Climate Debate: Beyond Copenhagen
On 6th October, I participated in a climate conference “Debating the climate debate- Beyond Copenhagen” organized by Peoples Development at Constitution Club, New Delhi. The distinguished panelists were Mr. Surya P. Sethi, former Principal Adviser (Energy) to the Planning Commission, Mr Anupam Mishra, well-known environmentalist with the Gandhi Peace Foundation, Prof. Sudipto Mundle, Emeritus professor [...]
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 [...]
A Future We Deserve
The following was part of a press briefing at the US Climate Action Network Organized press conference in Pittsburgh, USA coinciding with the G-20 Summit. International youth gathered together to voice concerns over the need to “green” the economic recovery of the planet–high on the agenda of the world leaders gathered there. Youth Press Advisory
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Confronting Climate Change
By Navroz K. Dubash
One of the problems that India’s new government will find itself confronting – a problem that is rapidly moving up the global geopolitical agenda – is the issue of climate change. This issue is extremely pertinent to India for a number of reasons. First, climate change is likely to hit India hard [...]
After Bonn, a safe future for youth still in doubt
By Kyle Gracey, Chair for SustainUS and a graduate student in public policy and geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago.
In 2050, I’ll be 77, and given the pace of the climate talks in Bonn these two weeks, I’ll likely spend most of my retirement either under water or on fire.
If finalized [...]
Is India questioning the science?
On the 2nd of June India stood up once again to question the science stated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), one of the top scientific bodies to prove the existence of climate change. And although it sounds ridiculous, if you look deeper into the Indian argument there is some legitimacy. Or so [...]
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 [...]
Statement by Shyam Saran, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India, Bonn Climate Talks
UNFCCC Climate Change Talks, Bonn, April 7, 2009.
Dear Friends, representatives of the Media,
I welcome this opportunity to interact with you and to share with you our perspective on the ongoing multilateral negotiating process leading up to the 15th Conference of Parties in Copenhagen at the end of this [...]
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 [...]
Poznan Diaries (December 2, 2008)
We reported to the COP 14 at 8:45 am for our participation in an international youth side action. Representatives from 50 countries stood at the entrance corridor in a disciplined queue showcasing different messages with their country flags. ‘Share our vision”, we called out in unison to the negotiators, UN observers, intergovernmental party members, [...]
Greenhouse Development Rights
One of the Side events at the conference of parties was on an interesting topic called “Greenhouse Development Rights”. Organized by “Ecoequity” and its representative Mr Sivan, the event discussed the critical issue of development in the 21st century and energy equity amongst nations. The following is a brief note of the event and the [...]
India Prepares for “Battle” in Poznan
“We are a little busy right now preparing to go into ‘battle’ mode,” said Mr. Mauskar, one of the negotiators for the Government of India at the UN Climate Change Conference here in Poland. “Ready to ‘divide and conquer?’ I joked. “More like “divide and survive” he replied.
One week has passed in Poznan with number [...]
U.N. climate talks leave youth out in the cold
Original Post by Megan Rowling on Reuters Environment Blog
There’s plenty of hot air filling the sprawling conference centre that houses the U.N. climate change talks this week and next in Poznan, Poland. But many of the 500 or so youth participants in the conference – who hail from more than 50 countries – feel left [...]
