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Children from low lying parts of Mumbai ask Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State currently visiting the city, to take action to save the planet from climate change. The children visited the Greenpeace Climate Rescue Station at Carter Road, Bandra, and spoke of their experiences in the Mumbai floods. Enlarge Image

Mumbai kids to Hillary “SOS - Stop Climate Change”

Children from the Bal Jivan Trust, who were visiting the Greenpeace Climate Rescue Station on Carter Road today, had a message for Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States of America, asking that the world’s biggest climate polluter take responsibility to avert a climate catastrophe. More than 50 children from low lying areas around Vakola, Mumbai, held up post cards of their experience during the city floods, and a banner that said “SOS - Hillary, Stop Climate Change”.

Greenpeace activists try and deposit water in the RBI to highlight one of the impacts of climate change - Water scarcity. Enlarge Image

Climate Change = Water Crisis

25 Greenpeace activists queued up outside the Reserve Bank of India to deposit 100’s of pots of water for safe keeping to highlight the issue of the growing water crisis fuelled by climate change. The activists unfurled a banner with a message “Climate Change = water crisis” right out side the RBI main gate.

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Feeding a food crisis

"In the context of the nation’s food security, the declining response of agricultural productivity to increased fertiliser usage in the country is a matter of concern… " emphasised Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister, as the Budget session came to a close a few days back. The truth is finally out of the proverbial horse’s mouth, and I am glad to know that the Government is at least trying to address the issue. But, I couldn’t agree with the proposed solution in at least in its present format.

The 'Green Idol' ballot box containing signed petitions urging for a Renewable Energy Law[Mumbai]. The petitions will be forwarded to the MPs of the respective constituencies. Enlarge Image

It’s anomaly reigning

No doubt the monsoons are changing with the altering weather patterns. There is growing evidence suggesting that climate change is playing a significant role in altering the Indian monsoon patterns. What is not clear is how the precipitation patterns will change. What is clear, however, is that the intensity and frequency of storms and spells of rain and drought are becoming commonplace. This has dire implications, especially for the economy of a rapidly growing developing nation such as ours. Historically, we have not contributed to the problem of climate change, yet, quite clearly, India has much to lose from inaction. The only way out is to take positive steps to mitigate climate change.

Kalavati is the new symbol of energy security in India. Enlarge Image

Energy [R]evolution: What it will take to (em)power Kalavatis across India

By adopting solar power, Kalavati of Jalka, Maharashtra shows the way forward. She highlights how the people of India can get access to reliable and clean energy today. Energy [R]evolution, Greenpeace’s blueprint for energy security highlights how alternative sources of energy will not only light millions of Indian homes but also hold the promise of millions of green jobs and thereby alleviate poverty. All of it while reducing our dependence on coal powered plants and mitigating climate change.

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Climate negotiators back out again in Bonn

Another round of climate talks is over, this time in Bonn, Germany. Once again negotiators are leaving without a plan or having left any money on the table to tackle climate change.

A few days back, students from Jalka experienced the benefits of electricity from solar energy, a source of clean, reliable, renewable energy. This is exactly what the villagers demanded of politicians they met in Delhi. Enlarge Image

Villagers from power-starved Vidharbha meet political leaders in Delhi; Demand ‘quick and safe renewable energy solutions for electrifying their villages

Two weeks after calling on political parties to provide reliable energy to the power starved region of Jalka (Yavatmal district, Maharashtra), the representatives from Kalavati’s village made a trip to Delhi to raise issue of energy poverty directly with political leaders across party lines. They came to personally request political parties to electrify rural villages of India. They had witnessed an example of solar power providing them quality energy set up merely in 3 days, and they demanded access to this against the promised nuclear power that was to come decades later.

Greenpeace action in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Enlarge Image

Climate and people first

We've got a message for the leaders of the richest nations in the world who are gathering in London for the G20 meeting to discuss the global economic crisis.

Greenpeace activists blockade Bombay House, headquarters of the TATA Group, demanding Mr. Ratan Tata halt construction on TATA’s Dhamra port in Orissa, which threatens the olive ridley sea turtles, an endangered species. Enlarge Image

Don't let TATA terminate the turtles

TATA corporation of India is in the global spotlight as they launch the Nano, the world's cheapest car. But the spotlight ought to be on a costly little secret: TATA's giant port at Dhamra, which threatens the nesting grounds of an endangered turtle species.

Activists hang a banner from the 269 metre high DDA building in New Delhi protesting against climate change. They are asking for a phasing out of inefficient light bulbs in India by 2010. Enlarge Image

India light bulb phase out: setting a smart example

How many light bulbs can 1 billion people change? About 400 million wasteful incandescent bulbs, in India’s case.

Today, India has put in place a market mechanism that will phase out incandescent bulbs, making way for a cleaner energy future. The Bachat Lamp Yojana programme will replace 400 million incandescent bulbs with CFLs by 2012, which would save about 55 million tonnes of CO2 each year.

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