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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End game
Industry wants to maximise its profits. The cost to our health does not figure in their balance sheets
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Chidambaram's success
Why should anyone, honest or dishonest, pay an iota of money as tax to such an incompetent political and bureaucratic system?
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Kyoto s ghost will return
If predictions of global warming turn out to be true, the ludicrous decisions taken at the Kyoto conference will prove very costly to the world
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Lifting the veil
Ford and General Motors were behind the onslaught on the US administration asking that India and China also undertake reduction commitments
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The missing key
In Kyoto what is being negotiated is not how much emissions should be cut but who owns the atmosphere
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Global cops
Is it possible for civil societies of different nations to work together to develop a global civil society to fight for just global social and ecological policies?
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Evaporating resources
The picture that emerges in this water rich country is indeed frightening. And even more worrisome is that nobody is doing anything about it
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Cheap stake
It is argued that developing countries can be given money to plant trees on a big scale to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
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Power for the people
Indeed, empowerment is vital for communities and individuals to take action against polluters and to accept responsibility for their own behaviour
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River conservation
Only a very small section of the country s urban population benefits from sewerage systems and this section consists of the richest urban people