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From: Himal Southasian editor...@himalmag.com
Date: Oct 7, 2009 11:30 AM
Subject: Everything you need to know about Climate Change
To: Venantius Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com
Dear Venantius,
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*OCTOBER-NOVEMBER ISSUE: CLIMATE ANXIETY - Notes to the policy Gods**
*
*Adam J West* *Bilash Rai*Undoubtedly, dire predictions are no longer
droll. When over 10,000 heads of state, scientists, policy pushers and
*climate-change
wallahs *gather in Copenhagen this December (in the process generating more
than 16,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide at a meet that will cost upwards of USD
65 million), it will be crucial to separate the hot air from the rhetoric.
Helping the potential victims of climate change adapt to the *disastrous
transitions* in livelihoods must be a priority. This includes the technology
transfer from the West to the South. But prioritising adaptation by ‘buying
off’ some Southern countries would be wrong, for we would then be *‘adapting’
forever*, even as climate change accelerates in the absence of effective
mitigation efforts. The historical culpability of the West, going back to
the Industrial Revolution’s coal-burning, naturally requires moral
accountability. At the same time, the massive middle class of the South
seeking to emulate the consumerist North must not be allowed to have its
way. There must be a commitment to mitigate, by all of the West and the rich
of the South, including Southasia. Indeed, *no adaptation without
mitigation!
**COVER SECTION: CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE!*
*'Charting change http://www.himalmag.com/Charting-change_nw3565.html' by
Kunda Dixit*
*From the Himalaya to Male, there are clear signs that climate change is
real.
*
*'Frontline nation http://www.himalmag.com/Frontline-nation_nw3567.html'
*
*Interview with President Mohamed Nasheed. *
*'The need for a Southasian
perspectivehttp://www.himalmag.com/The-need-for-a-Southasian-perspective_nw3568.html'
by Shyam Saran*
*We tend not to comprehend how ecologically inter-connected we are in the
region. *
*'Beyond sun and dunghttp://www.himalmag.com/Beyond-sun-and-dung_nw3571.html'
*
*Interview with Rajendra Pachauri*
*
'Glaciers take the
heathttp://www.himalmag.com/Glaciers-take-the-heat_nw3573.html'
by Smriti Mallapaty*
*The receding glaciers of the Himalaya offer a critical case study of the
region’s approach to climate change.*
*'Hard science http://www.himalmag.com/Hard-science_nw3574.html' *
*Interview with **remote sensing specialist **Pradeep Kumar Mool.*
'*The coming crisis http://www.himalmag.com/The-coming-crisis_nw3575.html'
by Afsan Chowdhury*
*From Bangladesh to India … and then the rest?*
*'Weaker and worse http://www.himalmag.com/Weaker-and-worse_nw3576.html'
by David Sassoon*
*Understanding the limits of America’s international climate posture.*
*
**'This frog won’t
leaphttp://www.himalmag.com/This-frog-won-t-leap_nw3577.html'
by Vijay Prashad*
*China and India must collaborate to force the West to pay for past excesses
rather than plead for a ‘humanistic’ approach. *
*
'Uncertainty, unclear risks and Compromised
commitmentshttp://www.himalmag.com/Uncertainty-unclear-risks-and-compromised-commitments_nw3578.html'
by Jayanta Bandyopadhyay and N Sundararaman *
*The post-Kyoto Protocol global politics that has emerged in relation to
mitigation makes the future of reductions in GHGs uncertain. *
*'Southasian front http://www.himalmag.com/Southasian-front_nw3580.html'
by Rishikesh R Bhandary*
*A common regional platform is necessary, but India might not be the ideal
leader.
*
*'Leading the way http://www.himalmag.com/Leading-the-way_nw3581.html' by
Jessica Ayers and Saleemul Huq*
*Bangladesh is the unquestioned leader on formulating adaptation policies to
deal with the ramifications of climate change. *
*'India’s ‘stage three’
fantasyhttp://www.himalmag.com/India-s-stage-three-fantasy_nw3582.html'
by Rahul Goswami*
*It does not look like India’s nuclear industry is up to the task of
providing **‘clean energy’ to fuel India’s energy demand**.*
*'Equalising
burden-sharinghttp://www.himalmag.com/Equalising-burden-sharing_nw3583.html'
by Mukul Sanwal*
*While the impact of climate change is global, the response is piecemeal
with an
