Choosing a low-carbon path, as the government seems to be committing itself to at the negotiations, will impose huge costs on India.

India must ensure that rigorous monitoring and reporting procedures are incorporated in any Copenhagen deal on REDD-Plus issues.

India must insist that developed countries cut their emissions and compensate developing countries for the carbon space taken away from them.

The focus must be on consumption and not production patterns, and reducing per capita emissions of developed countries must be the first step.

It has been a bumpy ride, with developed countries failing to make definite commitments and India hinting at a shift of stance.

The placid Siang or the Dihang, as the Brahmaputra is called in Arunachal Pradesh, flows quietly under an old-style swing bridge just before Tuting.

TO say that it was a political roller-coaster of a fortnight for Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa would be a gross understatement. With his back to the wall for much of October, the beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just about staved off a strong intra-party challenge to his leadership and authority by a group of dissidents led by three brothers, G.

Developed countries may not accept the targets for the post-2012 phase under the Kyoto Protocol and may even abandon it altogether.

Coal India has set itself a target of producing 520.5 million tonnes of coal for 2011-12 and 664 million tonnes for 2016-17.

The Defence Terrain Research Laboratory focusses on providing state-of-the-art terrain intelligence to the armed forces.