We meet more climate change observers than sceptics: EDN's Karuna Singh

Our analysis is that people at the ground level are not sensitised enough about the fact that they also must play a role for a better environment

India is home to some of the world's most polluted cities and rivers on the planet and the problem is only getting worse. But there are reasons to be hopeful as awareness about environment is growing. KARUNA SINGH,regional director for South Asia and country director, Earth Day Network, a global environmental protection and conservation chairty, tells Ritwik Sharma about the network's people-based approach to tackling climate change and the impact it is having on the country. Edited excerpts:   

Earth Day Network (EDN) has been in India for nearly a decade. How do you gauge India in terms of general awareness