Is anyone taking responsibility?
With no commitments or even indications of long term finance from the developed countries, particularly the US, being put on the table, it is really not clear how the least developed countries and small island states are going to start adaptation programs back in their countries and save their people. With mitigation numbers already far [...]
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 [...]
Chinese, Indian, and United States Youth United for a Strong Climate Agreement
The following was a joint statement made by youth from China, India, and the United States and presented to the government negotiators present at the UNFCCC Intersessional in Bonn in June 2009.
Protecting Our Future:
Chinese, Indian, and United States Youth United for a Strong Climate Agreement
We stand at a historic moment in our [...]
How the EU’s Position may Affect India
By Rohit Gupta
The European Union (EU) recently came up with a dramatic statement suggesting the road map to Copenhagen. It was preceded by a ‘leak’ of a draft version of the statement in the media. Noticeably the leaked version was dramatically different from the final one.
The final statement is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/pdf/future_action/communication.pdf
European Union Position On [...]
Siam makes way for Bali Action Plan
You would expect the climate change talks to have taken off with a “Bang” here in the capital of Thailand. Yet the sense amongst most observer groups is that there are no negotiations really taking place. The biggest challenge is carrying forward the energy of the Bali Action Plan which came out of intense final [...]
