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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Groundwater Map of India and Farmer Suicides
At Cryology and Co. David Bressan has a post on world wide groundwater resources maps produced by the “World-wide Hydrological Mapping and Assessment Programme” (WHYMAP). Following the link he provided I found a groundwater map of India on that site. The map below is actually from the web mapping application and attempts to give a [...]
