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Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Changing climate in China India relations
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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The winds of change between the two giants could impact not only the environment but also politics. In this article published in the special issue (July-August 2010) of the "India China Chronicle", Barun Mitra looks at the possible implications of the cooperation between these two countries at the climate conference in Copenhagen, last year. Possibly, a much bigger opportunity lies in the field of wildlife conservation, particularly in saving the tiger. |
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PULP FRICTION: Southern Environment or Western Agendas?
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
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Campaigns against big pulp and palm oil producers in Indonesia appear to be driven by local activists on the ground. In reality, they are facilitated by huge budgets and shaped by agendas emanating from the West. Environmentalists, contrary to the poplar perception, are not well intentioned, misguided people. They are part of the Problem, writes Bill Durodié . |
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Farmer Suicides In Vidharbha Come In Handy To Promote Bt Cotton
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
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Bt cotton had created more problems in the Vidharbha belt, and has actually been responsible for thousands of farmers to take the fatal route.That 90 per cent of the cotton seed being used by farmers belong to the Bt cotton variety is no reason to celebrate its success. What is not known is that the seed companies, and the government, have worked hard to ensure that the non-Bt cotton seed disappears from the market, writes Devinder Sharma. |
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Earth Story: Liberal economy reduces emission
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Monday, December 07, 2009 |
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The dramatic improvements in energy use since 1992 were not a coincidence. Equally, there was little conscious effort aimed at such environmental goals. The real secret of this amazing transformation is the economic liberalisation initiated during this period, which unleashed greater competition, ushered in a relatively free trade regime and facilitated investment and technology adaptation, writes Barun Mitra in Financial Chronicle. |
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Declining carbon intensity: Environmental benefits of economic reforms
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Friday, December 04, 2009 |
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India has an opportunity to change the climate of negotiations, a week before the opening of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. Between 1992 and 2005, India’s energy intensity, improved by about 52%, and carbon intensity declined by 45%. The dramatic improvements in energy use since 1992, were not a coincidence, but the consequence of the economic liberalization initiated during this period, which unleashed greater competition, ushered in a relatively free trade regime, and facilitated investment and technology adaptation, writes Barun Mitra |
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Affordable Energy: The foundation of human rights and economic justice
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 |
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I have always strongly supported energy and resource conservation and efficiency. But I do not support cap-tax-and-trade and energy rationing proposals, because I do not believe we face a climate disaster – and because I am afraid the harmful, unjust, unintended consequences of these actions will overwhelm any good they might accomplish … and hurt the poor, minorities and seniors on fixed incomes most of all, says Paul Driessen. |
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Addressing the real problems: Climate of poverty
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
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Over 400 million Indians remain energy-deprived. India’s per-capita CO2 emissions are roughly one-twentieth of the United States, one-tenth of the EU, Japan and Russia, and a quarter of the world average. Even under rosy economic growth scenarios, India's percapita energy use, and CO2 emission will remain far below those in developed countries. While a stronger economy and improve living standards will reduce the vulnerability to extreme weather events and climate change, natural or man-made, write Willie Soon and David Legates in the Pragati. |
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"Oil Security" Doesn't Warrant Supporting Dictators
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Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
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Did Scotland return convicted Lockerbie airplane bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi to his native Libya, not because he has terminal prostate cancer, but instead to help curry favor with an oil-rich government? If so, it would be doing pretty much what the United States has been doing since 1945: cozying up to one of the worst human-rights abusers on the planet, the government of Saudi Arabia, according to Ivan Eland, director of the Independent Institute's Center on Peace & Liberty. |
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Even in 2031, India's per capita emissions will less than global average
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
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An economic think tank has concluded that even under the most favourable assumptions of GDP growth in India and most adverse assumption of energy efficiency change, per capita carbon dioxide emissions will remain close to the current global average. The study validates that claiming any imposition of carbon tax will sharply reduce the Indian GDP with very little effect on per capita emissions, reports Nitin Sethi in the Times of India. |
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India's priority will be economic development than climate change
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Monday, June 29, 2009 |
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India is prepared to cooperate on curbing global warming says Indian Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna. He said that India "will continue to cooperate with the rest of the world" on climate change but must stick to its priority to improve the lives of its citizens, reports Deutsche Presse Agentur. |
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