The new buzzword in the climate research circles is vulnerability and adaptation. Just like most of the climate discussion the words have become so dense, that their meaning is lost on most, except

JAGDISH BAHADUR, an expert on glaciers and former joint advisor, department of science and technology, and SYED IQBAL HASNAIN , who heads the Glacier Research Group at Jawaharlal Nehru University, criticise India s lack of a positive response to a rece