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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
Day One in Copenhagen
No commentsA summary of day one of the talks. It began with a lot of applause from delegates, but ended in controversy after several conflicting draft agreements from various country groupings made their way into the hallways of the Bella Center.
»Global Climate Tribunal Puts Rich World on Trial
No commentsAs delegates from 191 countries wade through the technicalities and politics of a new deal on climate change, civil society groups decided to take climate justice into their own hands.
»The Great Flood and the Great Drought
No commentsKarnataka sees widespread flooding in the same region that suffered a drought this year.
»Climate Change and Indian economics
No commentsWith 90 days to go until the Copenhagen conference, the World Bank’s senior environmental economist Muthukumar S. Mani speaks exclusively to NewsX’s Pierre Mario Fitter. In this interview he reveals new facts on climate change and how he believes it will impact India’s economy. The interview is divided into two parts.
»India’s CO2 Roadmap
No commentsWith only a few months to go until the Copenhagen Conference, India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh has gone into PR over-drive. At a press conference in Delhi, the minister launched a report that details exactly how much carbon India will emit by the year 2030. And he brought out two of India’s best know business and economic brains to help add weight to the event – Nandan Nilekani (who gave Tom Friedman the idea that ‘the world is flat’) and Montek Ahluwalia, the Indian planning commission’s deputy chairman.
The bad news from the report is that total emissions could grow as much as 7 times their present levels. The only silver lining is that per-capita emissions will still be lesser than the global average.
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