Here are some of my recent Mint columns on global warming
The World in 2010
On 1st January, the Supreme CEO looked over the global balance sheet and reflected what a wasted decade it had been. The euphoria of the 1990s, with the spread of democracy, the rise of the Internet, and glimmers of a sustained dent in global poverty had been followed by terrorism, war, financial crisis, a climate crisis looming larger, and general disillusionment with the global system.
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Global warming justice
The Copenhagen climate summit got off to a rocky start, with the leaking of the “Danish text”, a document that apparently suggested that developed countries’ 2050 targets for emissions be double those of developing countries, as well as seeming to tilt the process of negotiation towards the rich. Meanwhile, the US delegation came in to the city with a similar approach.
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Climate change clamor
The recent exchange between US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and India’s minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh focused attention on the role of developing countries in negotiations to control climate change. The US media played up India’s temerity at refusing to countenance “legally binding” emission reduction targets for itself as part of a global agreement.
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