The clandestine endgame being played out at the climate change conference at Cancun has concluded in a deal
The clandestine endgame being played out at the climate change conference at Cancun has concluded in a deal. The commentators and climate activists in the western world are ecstatic.
There is not doubt that the world was meeting in Cancun with little or no expectations for a deal. At the last meeting in Copenhagen, the split between the industrialized world and the rest was still wide open.
If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to forest dept; if it is a grass, then it would be classified as a minor forest produce
The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest department and can be auctioned to the paper and pulp industry, often at throwaway rates.
The Cancun meet is deeply divided. Governments are not taking a chance. They do not want to hear the noise of protests as they go about stitching a dirty deal that may not combat climate change or give the poor the right to development This week the world is meeting, once again, to deliberate on a possible global agreement to cut emissions that are speeding catastrophic climate change.
There is no doubt US President Barack Obama was in India on a business trip. His recent electoral losses weighed heavily with him when he stitched up deals, reportedly worth US $10 billion,that would create about 50,000 jobs back home. In this editorial Sunita Narain looks at the ABCDE of what is at stake in the US-India trade relationship.
The presentation by Sunita Narain at the South Asian Media Briefing Workshop organized by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in New Delhi, Nov 24-25, 2010. Says that we are compromising our position in climate negotiations and getting too little to prevent climate change.
Climate change: Poznan- Copenhagen-Cancun What is at stake and play? by Sunita Narain, Director, CSE presented at the South Asian Media Briefing on Climate Change, CSE, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 24
Will Obama live up to his promise of change, or will he go down in history as just another petty salesman for bad ideas?
No doubt US President Barack Obama was in India on a business trip. His recent electoral losses weighed heavily on him when he stitched up deals, reportedly of some $10 billion, that would create about 50,000 jobs back home.
