Crisis of imagination

Amitav Ghosh makes a profound statement in The great derangement. He says that individual action is not sufficient to deal with climate change. It needs collective effort, for which writers of fiction have to write about climate change. It has to become as much of a canvas as war is in fiction. MORE … 

India's INDC: Bold but packs a strong caveat

India’s INDC is bold but packs a strong caveat related to finance, technology transfer and capacity building. The demand is to gove all the elements equal importance in the new agreement. MORE ... 

India's lifestyle talk cannot shift climate debate

India’s political leadership is facing a climate dilemma. While it is promoting India’s position as a leading emerging economy (more so after the Chinese dip) across the world, at the climate negotiations the messaging focus seems to be on taking the discussions back to 1992, with emphasis on lifestyles and climate justice. ... MORE ...