Poor are the first to feel the adverse effects of climate change: Vandana Shiva
With a growth rate of over eight per cent, if we add up the costs of environmental damage and accounted for the displacement of people due to our policies then the country would have negative economy, said Vandana Shiva, founder, Navdhanya. She was delivering the keynote address at "Climate Change India 2008', a two-day national conference that was inaugurated in the city on Tuesday. City-based World Institute of Sustainable energy is hosting the conference.