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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A road to nowhere
The government must undertake a serious study of human nature interaction before declaring any area a national park
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A step backward
Deve Gowda s statement that environmentalists mislead people reveals an attitude which is a serious threat to the environmental movement
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Way out of a fix
The heart of the matter is that the government must learn to work with the civil society, its media and the public
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Democratising a democracy
Sustainability is the result of a socio political process which encourages learning from past mistakes and forces decision makers to change mid course
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Afforestation
In its search for a strategy for afforestation, a laudable goal in itself, the Madhya Pradesh mp government has once again put its foot in its mouth and buckled down unduly to commercial lobbies.
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Trade Unions
Trade unions have been irresponsible towards the environment because of poor leadership, which has failed to take proactive positions on emerging social issues
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Environmental Negotiations
Environmental negotiations have slowly turned into petty business transactions, not the establishment of fair and just global environmental governance systems
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Selling coal to Newcastle
The wood market today needs to be organised in a way that millions of wood farmers can meet the country s growing wood needs
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Brave attempt at a health policy
At the end of day, the biggest <br>problem is the lack of public pressure.<br>Indian people think very little about<br> their health till they fall ill <br>
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Roads to hell
Indian industrialists, from Bajaj to the Tatas and Birlas, have walked away with environmental rape, partly because they lack conscience