But can the nations likely to be most affected by global warming the Maldives and Bangladesh impose trade sanctions on the us?

We are today dealing with politician who are not just corrupt but also incompetent and the latter is a far more serious problem

The wood market today needs to be organised in a way that millions of wood farmers can meet the country s growing wood needs

The civil society of every nation, both Northern and Southern, will have to empower itself and make its government accountable and responsible

In any democratic country, environmental concerns can get integrated with developmental programmes only if the leader is sensitive to them

Environmental negotiations have slowly turned into petty business transactions, not the establishment of fair and just global environmental governance systems

Trade unions have been irresponsible towards the environment because of poor leadership, which has failed to take proactive positions on emerging social issues

In its search for a strategy for afforestation, a laudable goal in itself, the Madhya Pradesh mp government has once again put its foot in its mouth and buckled down unduly to commercial lobbies.

Tell your elected representatives that before pollution leads to your premature death you will ensure the premature deaths of their political careers