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'Environment ministers have a hard time'

Union environment minister Kamal Nath talks to Down To Earth about India's environment strategy and the attitude of Western nations towards environmental problems.

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A bank to save the embarrassment of riches

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Surplus food from hotels in the Capital is no longer thrown away: A non profit organisation that started recently collects the food and distributes it to the needy

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What does India want?

India has been quite vocal about its interests at several international environmental conference

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Teething troubles

A UN body formed almost a year ago is still unable to suggest how to achieve its goal of sustainable development.

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Giving direction to Commonwealth nations

An agreement between India and Britain on a global convention on forests has received broad support from other nations.

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An informal approach to issues

A new grouping of 20 environment ministers seeks to resolve environmental conflicts without setting agendas

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Increasing clout of G 77

The Group of 77 has enabled developing countries to air their grievances against the powerful North at international fora. But its financial dependence on industrialised countries threatens to curb its role.

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Evolving into the danger zone

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The Earth's atmosphere has been evolving ever since the planet was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. But, with industrialisation, human activity, for the first time, threatens irreversible climate changes

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Reading the future in the past

Geological records of how climate responded to changes in the atmosphere in the past enables scientists to model future climate behaviour in response to current atmospheric changes

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Atmospheres elsewhere

Scientists are studying atmospheres on other planets in the solar system to learn more about the evolution of climates

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