| Sunita Narain: Rich land of the poor | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Take a map of India. Now mark the districts of the country in terms of forest wealth. Then overlay on them the water wealth of the country — the sources of streams and rivers that feed us. On this, plot the mineral wealth of the country — iron ore, coal, bauxite and all things nice that make economies rich. But don’t stop here. Mark on these wealth of India, another indicator — districts where the poorest people of our country live. |
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| Sunita Narain: Waste deep in water | 06-NOV-09 |
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| How will India supply drinking water in cities? Many would argue that the problem is not so much that of inadequate water as it is of the lack of investment in building infrastructure in cities and the lack of manegerial capacities to operate the systems, once created. This then logically leads to policy reform, to invite private investment and hand over public water utilities to private parties to operate. |
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| Sunita Narain: Regulate the regulator | 09-OCT-09 |
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| We are discussing a governance-reform initiative — setting up of authorities that are created under law, reporting to Parliament — to take effective, independent decisions. |
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| Sunita Narain: Why authorise it? | 25-SEP-09 |
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| If the system's broken, why fix it? Government policy is to replace it with an 'authority', without sorting out the details. |
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| Sunita Narain: Who's afraid of 2-degree C? | 14-AUG-09 |
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| It is important to unravel the latest fuss about the 2°C global temperature target India apparently acceded to at the Major Economies Forum in L’Aquila, Italy. The declaration, by the world’s 20 biggest and most powerful countries, said it recognised the scientific view that increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels should not exceed 2°C. |
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| Sunita Narain: Water wars | 17-JUL-09 |
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| Cities are managing to get more water while the majority of people live in villages — the tension is escalating. |
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| Sunita Narain: Carbon capture strategy | 19-JUN-09 |
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| It was the biannual gathering of over 100,000 Protestants in Bremen, a small town in Germany. As the articulate minister for environment, Sigmar Gabriel, came to participate in a discussion on energy security for a climate-secure world, many stood up. Soon the hall was full of blue placards, held high, all saying: “No to coal. |
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| Sunita Narain: A time to be different | 05-JUN-09 |
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| The new (old) government is back. The question is if it has learnt its most important lesson: How to join its political agenda to the agenda of government. |
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