India has bridged a consensus at Cancun, but only half the work is done.
Posted on 17. Dec, 2010 by Leela Raina in India
Last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outlined a mandate to the Indian negotiating team lead by Shyam Saran-“India should be part of the solution.” The mandate was clear and India lived up to it by being a key mover in the Copenhagen Accord. This time, Minister Jai Ram Ramesh is proactively shaping the strategy for [...]
Careless Whispers
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by Leela Raina in India
As we sat outside the Maize Room a place where the BASIC group of countries comprising of Brazil, South Africa, China and India sit, we can hear some careless whispers. It’s just the ordinary UNFCCC day filled with theatrics of ministers and their minions and all the drama they create. Any resemblance to any character living [...]
Monday Blues turn Pink
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by Leela Raina in India
Its monday morning and you still can’t get over the beach , waves and swimming in the ocean for the first time. As you enter the conference venue some friendly acronyms and jargon greet you early in the morning and the thought that sometime in the day you will bump into your minister is thrilling. [...]
Yes Minister
Posted on 05. Dec, 2010 by Leela Raina in India
So the first week of negotiations are coming to an end and we have the ministers of every state arriving in minute by minute. As they arrive , make themselves comfortable and delve into the luxuries of the moon palace hotel the negotiators are busy trying get to a consensus on a text which the [...]
Break ke Baad
Posted on 29. Nov, 2010 by Leela Raina in India, Uncategorized
What has happened from China to Cancun, the controversies with the ministry and the big changes..
Shame, shame.
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Leela Raina in India
Sources in the Indian government revealed provisional targets for carbon intensity, and it looks like they are, lo and behold, BETTER than the US plans for 2020.