It was Hegel, if I remember rightly, who said that one understands the meaning of something only when it is a thing of the past. Or at least nearing its
I regularly visit the coastal regions of Bangladesh for work. Whenever I meet a family, the first personal question I am asked is, Apnar bari kothai? (Where is your home?
Framing global warming as an emergency is not effective in mobilising governments or citizens, as happened with the anti-nuclear movement. It may even have the opposite effect.
If some had thought nuclear power would provide ‘clean energy’ to fuel India’s energy demand, it does not look like India’s nuclear industry is up to the task.
China and India must collaborate to force the West to pay for past excesses rather than plead for a ‘humanistic’ approach that delivers concessions to the developing world.
The receding glaciers of the Himalaya offer a critical case study of the region’s approach to climate change, in spite of and as a result of scarce scientific data.
