The Farmer’s Dilemma
India expects negotiations to be extended
Cross posted from CSM Equitywatch
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 [...]
Hunger for Survival
Every now and then I read a blog that announces that the writer has had an epiphany and wonder if I will ever start a post with that. I didn’t have an epiphany yesterday but I did change. A few months ago if you had asked me to attend a candlelight vigil for survival I [...]
Youth Statement to the High-Level Segment of COP15
Youth Statement at COP15
Good afternoon my fellow human beings.
My name is X, and in the year 2050 I will be X years old.
I am proud to represent the International youth climate movement.
Christina Ora, a 17 year old from the Solomon Islands, addressed the opening plenary last Monday. She said “I was born in 1992. You [...]
Youth Enquiry with Yvo De Boer
I want to tell you a story of my home city of Mumbai. Every day I travel by the local train from college to work, to meetings…. The trains are the arteries of a city of 15 million strong. The trains are a full of colors, cultures and voices; women complaining about their daily chores, [...]
LAND TRANSPORT MIGHT PEEP IN DURING COP15 DISCUSSIONS
Climate change and transport
Transportation plays an important role in a country like India with huge population and immense potential to grow. Climate change and its relation to transportation gains significance from the fact that it constitutes to about 14% of the Green House Gas emissions, [IPCC, 2004]. With 23% of total energy demand constituted to [...]
Chords for Climate–Delhi Climate Concert!
Negotiators Past, Present, and Future
he fossil awards presented the second dishonourable mention to an unprecedented trio of Austria, Finland, and Sweden, for their shameful and atrocious actions in the very first day of COP15. Their claim to dishonour arose from their promotion of a new text, that would allow countries to set their reduction targets against baselines that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
350 Action Marine Drive, Mumbai
‘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 [...]
Boats on Kashmiri lake form shape of 350 to mark Int’l Day of Climate Action
SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — The Shikaras, the local name for boats, on the placid waters of Dal Lake here Saturday formed a shape of 350 as part of the campaign dedicated to environment protection and dealing with climate change.
The exercise was organized by Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) in collaboration with the [...]
