First food: a taste of India’s biodiversity
This collection of around 100 recipes from different parts of the country brings to life the magic that takes place once biodiversity is combined with culinary dexterity.
Sunita Narain
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Time-out
The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and acrimonious, as the world desperately searched for new ways
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The end of climate apartheid?
However, Durban meet also reveals resistance of rich countries to sharing ecological and economic space with developing nations The Durban climate change conference — the 17th conference of parties — has ended, after grueling and acrimonious negotiations on how the world would cut carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to growth, but are also now jeopardising its future because of catastrophic weather changes.
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Global distrust peaked in Durban
The Durban Conference on Climate Change finally ended on the wee hours of Saturday after running for over 24 hours beyond schedule. By Friday, the two-week meeting being held at the International Convention
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Global distrust peaked in Durban
Sunita Narain in Durban The Durban Conference on Climate Change finally ended on the wee hours of Saturday after running for over 24 hours beyond schedule. By Friday, the two-week meeting being held at
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India not a deal breaker at Durban: Sunita Narain
Sources have confirmed that the EU has blamed India for not being 'flexible' and sticking to the old treaty i.e. the Kyoto Protocol. Is India being seen as a deal breaker by the world community? Environmentalist
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Sunita Narain at CSE Side Event at COP17
<p>Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE, speaks on the 'Imperative of equity for an effective climate agreement' at the side event held at the COP17, Durban, organised by the Indian Ministry of
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Choice is between a rock & a hard place
How many Indians make up one American? 11. One American currently emits 17 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year from the burning of fossil fuel, as compared on one Indian, who emits 1.5 tonnes. The problem
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What about the natural debt crisis?
Shouldn't we question why the world is determined to live beyond its means and not worry about how it sabotages our common future? Now that Europe’s debt crisis is unfolding all around us, shouldn’t we
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The challenge of a low carbon economy: why and what?
This document contains the video and text of the presentation delivered by Sunita Narain, Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi on the challenge of a low carbon economy during
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The environmental cost of diesel subsidy
Every time petrol prices rise, people start buying diesel-powered vehicles, which add to toxic pollution in our cities Consider this. Every time petrol prices rise, oil companies end up losing more money. How? The price differential between petrol and diesel increases further; people start buying diesel-powered vehicles so oil firms bleed more. Even worse, we all bleed because dieselisation adds to toxic pollution in our cities. This, in turn, adds to the health burden and costs.