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Articles in this supplement
Articles in this supplement:
“India has fantastic potential”
10 January 2008, Asia, Climate change impacts, Indian Ocean, Overseas development
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn introduces the Sustainable Development Dialogues.
The sky’s the limit - in every sense
Martin Wright 10 January 2008, Asia, International trade
“India Shining.”
The then-ruling BJP’s slogan at the 2004 election neatly captured what, on the surface at least, is a sparkling shift in the country’s fortunes.
“We need a new Gandhi”
Martin Wright 10 January 2008, Asia, People
As chair of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri effectively shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Now he talks exclusively to Martin Wright about his hopes and fears for his native India.
Climate Change: What are we waiting for?
Malini Mehra 10 January 2008, Asia, Climate change impacts, Indian Ocean
As climate change kicks in, it is time for Indians to wake up to the challenge and demand more of our political class – and more of ourselves, argues Malini Mehra.
Under the weather
Malini Mehra and Terry Slavin 10 January 2008, Asia, Climate change impacts, Indian Ocean
Climate change could suck India’s rivers and soil dry
2007 brought ‘wild weather’ to South Asia.The worst floods in living memory killed thousands and displaced over 20 million more. But they were just a taste of what awaits India as the planet heats up, say climate scientists.
Fire up or power out?
Terry Slavin 10 January 2008, Asia, Carbon reduction, Climate change impacts, Indian Ocean
Can India fuel its economic surge without melting half the Arctic? Terry Slavin unpacks the mother of all energy challenges.
When oil grows on trees
Terry Slavin 10 January 2008, Asia, Biofuels, Climate change impacts, Farming/Horticulture
India’s new oil bonanza could revitalise its wastelands – or starve its poor. Terry Slavin assesses the perils and the promise of jatropha.
A series of small revolutions
Martin Wright 10 January 2008, Asia, Community energy, Indian Ocean, Solar energy/PV
A single solar panel may not light up India – but multiply that by hundreds of thousands, says Martin Wright, and you have one of India’s most exciting economic successes.
“We can’t afford just to point our fingers at the West”
Martin Wright 10 January 2008, Asia, Climate change impacts, Corporate responsibility
Vikram Singh Mehta, managing director of Shell India, tells Martin Wright why his company sees climate change as a business opportunity.
India’s new wave
Vedant Walia 11 January 2008, Asia, Entrepreneurship, Microgeneration, Wind power
From wind power to green cars, Indian entrepreneurs are carving out some innovative responses to the sustainability challenge. Here are four of the leaders.
India Inc: Triumph or time bomb?
Vedant Walia 11 January 2008, Asia, Climate change impacts, Construction, Housing, Information technology
India’s business success has triggered waves – and takeovers – across the globe. But, asks Vedant Walia, can it make the transition from short-term profits to long-term value?
The CHINDIA factor
Bill Emmott 11 January 2008, Asia, Population
India’s sensitivity to comparisons with China might be good for its environment, says Bill Emmott.
The unlikely innovator
Kirsten Bound 11 January 2008, Asia, Entrepreneurship
Beneath the surface chaos, there are powerful currents of innovation flowing through India, and they spark in unlikely places – and people, says Demos’s Kirsten Bound.
Country life
Martin Wright and Terry Slavin 11 January 2008, Asia, Farming/Horticulture
BMWs versus bullock carts; software versus sadhus; the sleek security of the gated suburb versus the grubby confusion of the village.
Shakti power
Martin Wright 11 January 2008, Asia
A micro credit scheme with a difference is revolutionising lives for hundreds of thousands of rural women, reports Martin Wright.
Weaving a future that works
Martin Wright 11 January 2008, Asia, Entrepreneurship
Traditional skills are often undervalued or squeezed out by globalisation. But as Martin Wright reports, innovative new partnerships can bring them back to life – and into profit, too.
High level respect
Terry Slavin 11 January 2008, Asia, Wildlife
Tourism can mean trouble for fragile habitats and traditional cultures. But a new scheme in India’s far north shows that this need not always be the case, says Terry Slavin.
Cat’s cradle
11 January 2008, Asia, Conservation, Wildlife
A concerted drive to save the tiger could be the best way of saving India’s last forests – and helping its poorest, too, argues Bittu Sahgal.
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