Amitabh Sinha is Deputy Editor at The Indian Express. He writes on Environment, Climate Change, Water, Science and Technology, Space and Nuclear affairs, and related stuff. He has worked with PTI, Reuters, and BBC before joining The Indian Express in 2007. Amitabh has a PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi, and a Masters in Public Administration from National University of Singapore.
December 21, 2009 04:22 IST
RK Pachauri,chairman of the Nobel Prize-winning Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),has dismissed all...
Mon, Dec 21, 2009
December 20, 2009 04:24 IST
After a prolonged fight over a US-brokered deal that was forged late on Saturday,the Copenhagen climate change talks ended with parties agreeing to take note of the document,named the Copenhagen Accord....
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
December 20, 2009 03:54 IST
Over the past few days,it was becoming increasingly clear that some sort of compromise over the demand of the rich countries to have an international monitoring mechanism....
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
December 19, 2009 11:29 IST
Climate change conference in Copenhagen has produced a political accord that was weak and vague,devoid of the most basic targets,and,most importantly,unsure of being accepted by everyone.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
December 19, 2009 04:12 IST
Two years of preparations. Two weeks of hectic negotiations. Presence of more than 110 high-profile heads of states. Nothing helped....
Sat, Dec 19, 2009December 19, 2009 04:01 IST
They came. They met. And they spoke in one voice. The one positive for India from the failed Copenhagen summit is the bonding it developed with China on climate change....
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
December 18, 2009 08:26 IST
With barely 12 hours left to hammer out a consensus that has eluded for over two years now,the first signs of thaw were visible.
Fri, Dec 18, 2009December 18, 2009 01:07 IST
As the climate change conference slowly moved into its final few hours,US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton caused some excitement into the negotiations with an announcement on long-term finance for developing countries....
Fri, Dec 18, 2009
December 17, 2009 10:48 IST
PM Manmohan Singh heads for Copenhagen amid frenetic efforts to stitch together a face-saving deal.
Thu, Dec 17, 2009December 17, 2009 02:01 IST
Amidst frenetic activity to stitch up a face-saving deal in the final hours,the ubiquitous Danish draft made a reappearance at the climate change conference on Wednesday....
Thu, Dec 17, 2009
December 16, 2009 10:21 IST
Climate change conference appeared to have hit a dead end,with little hope of the emergence of the agreement that it was mandated to deliver.
Wed, Dec 16, 2009December 16, 2009 03:22 IST
Brazil,South Africa,India and China on Tuesday came out with a joint statement,lamenting the lack of progress on the negotiations and protesting derailment of Bali Action Plan....
Wed, Dec 16, 2009December 15, 2009 09:10 IST
The one step forward,two steps back story of the Copenhagen climate change conference continued on Friday as African countries....
Tue, Dec 15, 2009December 15, 2009 03:55 IST
While developing countries held up negotiations through most of Monday demanding quick decision on the emission reduction targets for the rich nations....
Tue, Dec 15, 2009December 14, 2009 08:18 IST
Two days after raising serious objections with the official draft agreement,India today toned down its opposition and said...
Mon, Dec 14, 2009December 14, 2009 03:42 IST
Restatement of old positions,bitter war of words between the worlds two biggest polluters and a plethora of drafts have...
Mon, Dec 14, 2009December 13, 2009 03:14 IST
After expressing serious concerns with the first official draft text that came out on Friday and announcing that it would...
Sun, Dec 13, 2009December 13, 2009 03:14 IST
Eighteen-year old Swetha Stotra Bhashyam believes in actions,not talks. So at one of the greatest talk shops of this year...
Sun, Dec 13, 2009December 13, 2009 02:18 IST
Its the first concrete result from the Copenhagen climate change conference. Indias proposal to set up climate innovation centres...
Sun, Dec 13, 2009December 12, 2009 10:15 IST
India today rejected the first official draft that emerged after four days of deadlock at the climate change talks.
Sat, Dec 12, 2009December 12, 2009 04:34 IST
China and the United States,the worlds two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases,sent the temperatures soaring with a...
Sat, Dec 12, 2009December 12, 2009 04:33 IST
Having taken a written assurance from the government that it would not dilute the long-held position,Indias key negotiator on climate change...
Sat, Dec 12, 2009December 11, 2009 09:07 IST
Amidst talks of divisions in the G-77,the group of developing countries,over demands from the small island nations...
Fri, Dec 11, 2009December 11, 2009 03:49 IST
For the second consecutive day on Thursday,small island nations occupied centrestage at the climate negotiations pressing ahead...
Fri, Dec 11, 2009December 11, 2009 03:47 IST
Munnabhai does it with flowers and a hug,the NGOs do it with an award. Its about shaming the bad guys for their bad behaviour.
Fri, Dec 11, 2009



