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Pierre Fitter
Pierre Fitter lives in Delhi where he reports on the environment and foreign affairs. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Socio-Legal Sciences and is studying for a Masters in Political Sciences. Pierre spent a year and a half in China and Russia, where he worked for AIESEC, an international youth leadership development organisation. While with AIESEC, he developed a deep interest in sustainable development and international relations and continues to report on these issues to this day. He has a special interest in Environment and climate change in particular.
Posts by Pierre Fitter
Todd came, Todd saw, Todd threw a spanner in the works.
No commentsA lot of newsprint will go into reporting and analysing Todd Stern’s statements from this evening in Copenhagen. Here’s the short version: “We don’t care”.
»Jairam Ramesh on the State Of Play
No commentsJairam Ramesh, India’s environment minister, speaks to Indian journalists at around the halfway mark of the Copenhagen talks. Here, he talks about how the BASIC group solved the Africa walk-out, on how the US could be brought into a deal and on how the negotiations are moving.
»Talks split wide open
No commentsDeep disagreements between the European Commission and developing countries spill out off the negotiating rooms and into full public view. Watch here as Karl Falkenberg of the EU and Ambassador C Dasgupta from India clash over the issue of ‘climate justice’ and who should be taking responsibility for cutting emissions.
»Samso Island: The Clean Energy miracle
No commentsHow one small Danish island transformed itself from a quiet backwater to a pioneer in the world’s clean energy revolution.
»Climate change and Indian Security
No commentsRapid climate change will have a huge impact various matters of national security. It will change battlefields in the Himalayas, cause conflicts over water resources and make food and energy harder to find.
»Green MBAs in India
No commentsWhile billions of dollars are being pumped into clean technologies, Indian companies are finding it harder to recruit graduates with the skills to manage a green business.
»Huge floods swamp southern India
No commentsEnvironmentalists say the floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are just one example of how bad things can get if we don’t fight climate change. They say droughts, storms and floods could get much worse if world governments cannot agree on a climate change deal in Copenhagen.
»Paradise lost
Comments offHow climate change is affecting Ladakh, a cold desert up in the Himalayas… and how locals are coping with the problem of water scarcity.
»Shyam Saran speaks on the Danish Draft agreement
No commentsThe Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran says India cannot take cognizance of the Danish draft agreement unless it is presented as an official proposal.
»Denmark’s Clean Energy economy
No commentsThe host of the Copenhagen Climate conference, Denmark, has been going all out to project a greener image. Over the years, the country has become famous for some of its clean energy initiatives.
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