India the 'grim reaper' of Durban's climate talks Friday, 09 December 2011Today, on the last day of the UN climate talks in Durban, our partner, Avaaz - the global on-line campaigning community with 10 million members - took out a graphic ad in the Financ...

Cancun Climate Talks: Mexico finds its mojo and India emerges a winner 17 December 2010 For those looking for lessons in Indian diplomacy, Cancun hit a high-water mark. The reason was Jairam Ramesh.  The Mexicans found their mojo and India finally emer...

A binding deal at Cancun – why India must do the right thing9 December, 2010In December 2009, when environment minister Jairam Ramesh went to Copenhagen, he was seen off by a group of bright-eyed young Indian climate activists urging him to come back wi...

Winning the battle of wills on climate policy05 March 2010What a month. From high-profile resignations to Union Budget announcements, there has scarcely been a day without climate in the news. While the much-maligned but also fulsomely-supported IPCC chai...

Glaciergate - a field day for climate skeptics 26 February 2010The year has opened with post-Copenhagen recriminations and an unprecedented assault on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its chairman, Dr Rajendra Pachauri. While Copen...

Copenhagen - the Munich of our times 21 December 2009People will be discussing the Copenhagen climate conference for years to come. Opinions will be mixed as to whether it was a step forward or a failure. Only history will tell whether it was a turning po...

Why India deserves a ‘Fossil’ on glacier melt12 December 2009Jairam Ramesh, India’s minister for environment and forests, says he doesn’t want to get a ‘Fossil of the Day’ award, but perhaps India should get one for its continued rejection of ...

Hopenhagen - Here comes India, with a target and a plan5 December 2009India's opening gambit for the Copenhagen climate summit is now clear. Renamed 'Hopenhagen' for the duration of the UN climate summit starting next week, the Danish capital will now rec...

Can India win if it loses the climate battle?Malini Mehra and Bittu Sahgal  10 October 2009 In recent months, India has sought to challenge its image overseas, and in growing quarters at home, as recalcitrant and obstructionist on climate change....

Jairam Ramesh – breathing fresh air into climate talks20 Oct 2009 In an interview to Sanctuary Asia Jairam Ramesh, Minister, Environment and Forests lists his priorities as follows:1. significantly improve India’s natural forest cover;2. establish an ...

Why Americans must march on Washington12 Oct 2009The United States holds the key to global agreement on climate change. With strides being made by other nations, and only five more negotiating days to Copenhagen, the US could emerge the spoiler or savior ...

Jairam finds his voice – India Shifts on Climate18 Sep 2009Last month in this column I asked for the real Jairam Ramesh, to stand up on climate change. Now it seems he has. On September 11th, at a business conference in Delhi, in the presence of the vis...

Per capita fig leaves and melting glaciers – Will the real Jairam Ramesh please stand up?20 Aug 2009                                                                            Â...

2009 – Why it is time to make history1 Jun 2009On an icy day in January, a new President in the United States took the oath of office with soaring words of hope, idealism and courage. At a time of the worst global recession in living memory and a multit...