The Red Saree in the White House
strong>So what does this Red Saree signify?
The red sari signifies the festivity of marriage and celebrating a bond which will last lifetimes. For India, it was important to drape a red sari to get wedded strategically to US as Dr. Singh said in an interview to The Washington Post, “We are strategic partners”. Just [...]
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 [...]
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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Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century
Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century is a documentary film aimed at providing a general introduction about the virtues and benefits of moving away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy.
I think this film is interesting in that it has such great young speakers and it really brings the issue of generational equity right [...]
Transport and Climate Change – Within Easy Reach?
Delhi’s new budget allocated 3,069 crore rupees to transport, 31% of the total and the single largest chunk awarded. Metro construction will account for most of the budget, followed by a raft of road development measures, 23 rail over bridges, 17 road under bridges, 8 flyovers, a new Ring Road bypass and the use of [...]
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 [...]
UN Climate Talks 09, Youth Rap
Win-Win-Win with DSM
On Thursday, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA hosted officials from India, China, Australia, Canada, Korea and the U.S. (Japan was missing) under the umbrella of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The most progressive utility company in the U.S. (PG&E) hosted the conference the next day at The Pacific Energy [...]
Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain from Green Investments
A really good report that I have read and would like to share.
To download this visit http://www.peri.umass.edu/green_jobs/
The highlights are as follows,
In this report, PERI Co-Director Robert Pollin and Assistant Research Professor Jeannette Wicks-Lim provide a snapshot of the kinds of jobs are needed to build a green economy in the United States. They focus on [...]
Keynote Remarks at U.S. Climate Action Symposium
Todd Stern
Special Envoy for Climate Change
Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC
March 3, 2009
Thank you, Lord Stern. Thank you Jonathan Lash and WRI; Fred Bergsten and the Peterson Institute; and Nancy Birdsall and the Center for Global Development. You and your colleagues have done so much to ensure the right response to the climate crisis, and [...]
Yes, They Could. So They Did.
February 15, 2009
Thomas Friedman, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15friedman.html
So I am attending the Energy and Resources Institute climate conference in New Delhi, and during the afternoon session two young American women — along with one of their mothers — proposition me.
“Hey, Mr. Friedman,” they say, “would you like to take a little spin around New Delhi [...]
Turtles Alter Nesting Dates Due To Temperature Change
Turtles nesting along the Mississippi River and other areas are altering their nesting dates in response to rising temperatures, says a researcher from Iowa State University.
Fred Janzen, a professor in ecology and evolution biology, studied turtle nesting habits and accumulated research going back decades in order to track the habits of the turtles [...]
Yes We Can Combat Climate Change!
In a monumental move that undid years of inaction, antagonism and disbelief on climate change in the United States, President-elect Barak Obama addressed the global governers conference on climate change being held in California this week in a speech that showed real signs of hope of a nation stepping forward and showing the leadership has [...]
