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Wine and the Ozone Layer: Lessons to be learned in Climate Change

by Rajendra Shende in RAJ'S BLOG. Posted September 1, 2009

The clinking of wine glasses followed by ‘cheers’ were as omnipresent in Montreal during the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol as the speeches extolled the virtues and lessons learnt from this global treaty.

From Hole to Hole: Story of the Mongolian Marmot

by Rajendra Shende in RAJ'S BLOG. Posted September 1, 2009

Ulaan Baator is the coldest capital in the world and also the capital with the longest winter. Temperatures can go up to minus 60 degree Celcius and winter lasts for nearly 9 months ending in May. I was taking my early morning brisk walk by exploring the surroundings of the Erktet Suld Gher Camp, about ...

Telling Mother on Protecting Mother Earth

by Rajendra Shende in RAJ'S BLOG. Posted September 1, 2009

Science-driven policy making requires that legislators fully understand science. My many years of experience with bureaucrats have shown that there is a need to de-mystify science and explain the intricacies in a simple language.

Are We There Yet?

by Rajendra Shende in RAJ'S BLOG. Posted September 1, 2009

Are we there yet? I am sure many of you remember this childhood question posed to your father or mother. Remember? You were tired walking with them hanging on to their hand, or bag or purse and wondering how long this walk is going to take before you reach home-sweet-home.

Bail-out and Stimulus Package: Yes for Economic crisis, No for Climate crisis?

by Rajendra Shende in RAJ'S BLOG. Posted June 29, 2009

By Rajendra Shende, rmshende@unep.org 29 June 2009 When markets collapsed and when most of the major banks around the world went kaput, the governments around the world rushed to bail out the market. Almost overnight stimulus packages got prepared, approved by cabinets, politburo, senates, and parliaments and even by executive order depending on the political ...

Road not taken: Montreal-Kyoto-Copenhagen

by Rajendra Shende in RAJ'S BLOG. Posted April 27, 2009

By Rajendra Shende, rmshende@unep.org 27 April 2009 Driving from the airport to downtown in Washington DC, I saw that the blossoming of trees has painted Washington DC’s horizons in shades of white and rose. Those are the spring colors, colors of hopes, the colors that signal the arrival of a new season. But it is ...

Doha Round

by Rajendra Shende in RAJ'S BLOG. Posted December 23, 2008

by Rajendra Shende, rmshende@unep.fr 23 December 2008 Doha is a quiet city in a land that protrudes in the Arabian Gulf, a perfect example of a peninsula. Leave aside the noise of building construction and the hustle of the National Market where most of the immigrant workers do their shopping and transfer money to their ...

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Wine and the Ozone Layer: Lessons to be learned in Climate Change

From Hole to Hole: Story of the Mongolian Marmot

Telling Mother on Protecting Mother Earth

Are We There Yet?

Bail-out and Stimulus Package: Yes for Economic crisis, No for Climate crisis?

Road not taken: Montreal-Kyoto-Copenhagen

Doha Round

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