January 26, 2015
...The U.S. and India (click here) on Sunday announced a modest deal to curb hydroflurocarbons, a greenhouse gas emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners; work together at climate talks in Paris later this year; and finance India's solar power targets. It is a far more limited agreement than the one hashed out with China. Dismissing the comparison, Modi said "India is an independent country, and there is no pressure on us from any country or any person."...
US environmental groups are on the job. India's economy is not China. India has some challenges to overcome before it can say it is a reliable partner in every way. But, it is important India develop their Middle Class. A Middle Class would bring about more economic stability and an economy that is far more vibrant. It is hard to realize India's people can be more vibrant, but, there is more to come when they reach for the dream and achieves it.
India is emerging (click here) both as an economic powerhouse and a global environmental leader. As India's economy charges ahead, the country needs to produce more energy to provide a better life for its people, many of whom live in rural areas and are very poor. At the same time, India has recognized that tackling climate change is in its own national interests. The nation is taking concrete measures to constrain its own emissions and to protect its people from climatic disruptions.
NRDC's India Initiative on Climate Change and Clean Energy, launched in 2009, works with partners in India to help build a low-carbon, sustainable economy.
Our work in India involves four interrelated projects, which build on decades of NRDC's experience confronting environmental challenges in the United States and around the world....
The climate time bomb: Where is the south Asian leadership? (click here)
With Jammu and Kashmir inundated and Punjab in Pakistan flooded, the time bomb is ticking away. Climate change has been declared to be the greatest threat facing mankind this century.
South Asian countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar are all vulnerable today.
We have not yet resolved the basic issues of poverty, hunger and inequality, which breed discontent and terrorism. And in these troubling times, we are forced to face the brunt of extreme weather events because of growing climate variability.
Recent scientific research shows near to virtual certainty of linkages between climate change and extreme weather events...
The USA is having trouble correcting the current effects of the Climate Crisis. Europe has invested incredible amounts of money to build dams and satellite monitoring to protect it's citizens. India has that much longer a time line to bounce back from these climate events.
