GURGAON: The Management Development Institute here organised a two-day national management convention over the weekend in which several aspects of economic resurgence were discussed.
Rubbishing the claim by a government-backed study that melting of glaciers was not due to climate change, leading environmentalist R.K.
Pachauri on Sunday dubbed it as "totally unsubstantiated scientific opinion" and flayed environment minister Jairam Ramesh for endorsing it.
Prof. C.N.R. Rao left many a scientist slack-jawed with the disclosure at the platinum jubilee meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences
India's top-most advisory panel on climate change has no climate change scientists.
The Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change comprises half-a-dozen Central ministers, senior bureaucrats, economists and representatives of industry.
While India needs to be seen as a responsible global citizen, it's important to keep in mind the rich world's emission levels have actually risen, not fallen - India taking on commitments won't fix this.
R K PachauriR K Pachauri
Chairman, IPCC
Director General, TERI
The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for a global deal to channel business dollars into low-carbon energy, industry and analysts said on Wednesday.
Senior executives warned progress so far in U.N.-led climate talks was inadequate to guarantee the future of low-carbon markets which could transform how the world gets its energy.
