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 [...]
The Meeting of Reality and Aspiration: What Do We Want from Copenhagen?
As I made my way to the Bella Centre here in Copenhagen this morning for the first day of the two week-long international climate talks, there was something historic in the air. Walking down into the subway, out of the cold morning air, I passed beneath a sign that said, in bold letters, “The time [...]
What’s obstructing the Copenhagen deal?
Last week in Bangkok, as the Canadian lead negotiator was mid-way through his keynote that proposed a radical measure of abandoning most parts of Kyoto protocol, dozens of delegates from developing nations walked out. This was only the latest symptom of rapidly growing rift between the developed nations and the developing nations.
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 [...]
Indo-Chinese Alliance @ Hotel de Moc Room 207, Bangkok
We really hope our negotiators pick up from the action of the GCCA to host the Chinese tracker and the Indian tracker in the same room. What really hurts both of us , that despite our continuous efforts of building capacity and encouraging local action , the international media still feels like we will be [...]
The Rape of the Aravalis: A Photo Blog
By Rajesh Kalra (August 7, 2009) Courtesy The Times of India
We have a cycling group in Gurgaon, where I live, and since we are all yatris (travellers) and use pedal power, we named our group Pedalyatri. Our aim is to explore hidden treasures around Gurgaon, Faridabad and Delhi. So, we often find ourselves scouring Google [...]
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 [...]
