Climate change - A challenge to India's economy
Briefing paper on climate change for members of Parliament by Anil Agarwal - Calling upon policy makers to recognise India's stake in the international climate change negotiations.
Anil Agarwal
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The enemy within
Indians will have to fight a war with themselves to protect their environment, society v and culture from the ravages of economic growth
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Water polo
Just get the state out and water profligacy will stop and people will start worrying about their neighbouring water sources and watersheds
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Incredible journey
This discovery shows how incredibly fascinating is nature; it also shows how incredibly advanced has become the human ability to measure
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Turtles, shrimp and a ban
There can be no doubt that there is today a need for a system of global environmental governance, but this must be built on modalities that are fair, just and equally accessible to all
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Sustaining boredom
CSD has become a stratospheric environment in which no wisdom gets injected from the perspective of the poor <br>
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Who cares for India today
The <font class='UCASE'>iit</font> s <font class='UCASE'> </font> have rarely attracted poor students. So why should middle class students be subsidised? I pay my taxes to support the poor not the rich <br>
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A working government?
Political leaders come to the governance system with only one agenda which is centered on one objective to loot the treasury <br>
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Waters of hate
There is an urgent need for a national and international debate on how the world s water resources are going to be managed
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Hazardous votes
The true Bharat Ratnas will be those individuals who will get India s millions clean water, clean air and adequate food
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Competitive populism
Pollution control with a human face means that to save the jobs of a few thousand people, the health of over ten million people should be put at risk