The minister of state for environment, Kamal Nath, had some radical words to say in Rio. "I don't understand why people here are talking about forests being national or global resources. In my

The state uses all the right words. But its actions don't match its rhetoric, unfortunately

THE SUB-CONTINENT, judging by these three reports, went prepared to Rio. In fact, the first report, prepared by a Sri Lankan NGO, chides UNCED for trying to save the earth without even consulting

The save the planet bazaar does not deserve to be taken seriously

For many southern groups, the greater cause at Rio was to align with their governments against the West's "green imperialism"

Stockholm wasn't as big as Rio, but I think it had a soul. I expect Rio's soul was there too, somewhere

THE BRANDT Commission in 1980 had called for a world "based less on power and status, more on justice and contract; less discretionary, more governed by fair and open rules". Shridath

Tough talking Malaysian negotiator Wen Lian Ting explains why the North's stand on forests is morally unjust and politically untenable

The environmental movement is politically weak. That is the lesson from the Rio summit

EVERY time an American family decides to take its car out, the resulting carbon dioxide adds to the existing stock in the atmosphere for at least a hundred years. When the polar cap cannot