As hectic talks get underway on day 10 of the climate change negotiations, mediapersons from hundreds of news channels are here in Denmark. How do these many media organizations report on climate change issues and does their reporting correspond to the political alliances of their own countries? As I report here on climate change, I report on behalf my country and its concerns, but sometimes , also on the larger picture , on why cutting our greenhouse gas emissions is important and if we don't seal a deal at Copenhagen, it maybe too late. But one glance at what the wires report--and do understand many of the wire services are based in the developed world--reflect exactly that, the concerns of the rich nations. Unfortunately these wire services also provide news to media outfits in the developing world. So at the end of the day , we as the media in a subtle way are reporting the concerns of the rich nations without even...

It's been three days now in this cold cold country and the only way to describe the COP15 Copenhagen Summit is ABSOLUTE CHAOS! Whether its the negotiations, or the organisational abilities of the hosts, every process has been in disarray. Monday morning as temperatures dipped to -2 degrees Celsius, over one thousand people stood in the queue outside the Bella Centre, the main venue of the COP15. Along with me were over 10 journalists from print and TV networks across India, including Sunita Narain from the Centre for Science and Environment, waiting patiently to be let in. Minutes went into hours, and the queue outside was over 2 km long, with no signs of any of us being let in, and the temperatures continue to dip further. No water, no food, thousands waited patiently, in the hope of being let in to this historic summit. This despite the fact that we had all got our accreditation done online. After waiting for...

Could the first signs of global warming be creeping in on the Himalayas? As the countdown to Copenhagen begins, the real story of global warming is not about ice sheets collapsing or polar bears dying. It's closer home. The Himalayas, often referred to as the Third Pole because of the hundreds of glaciers that empty into its rivers, are witnessing a rise in local temperatures that is unprecedented. And the impacts are subtle. My mission is to travel up to almost 17,000 feet, to document these changes in people's lives. And to tell my story I have chosen a little known corner of the mountains - Spiti Valley tucked away in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. This cold desert ecosystem is one of India's most desolate and yet breathtaking landscapes. We drive along narrow winding roads - Spiti Valley is engulfed in snow. It's unprecedented for this time of the year. When we reach, the first snow machines are clearing up...

Winds of change are sweeping across the dusty corridors of the once quiet Ministry of Environment and Forests. For ten years this Ministry has been with the DMK - but election 2009 changed it all. Now speculation is rife on whether the environment will be better protected in the hands of a Congress minister? Can minister Jairam Ramesh bring back the golden period in India's environmental history when Indira Gandhi with one phone call could halt a dam being constructed in Silent Valley, or where the first family took pride and personal interest in saving India 's big cats. But the Congress of the 80's is very different from the Congress of 2009, in which minister Jairam Ramesh has been given the green mandate. In order to maintain a growth rate of 8-9% it is India's forests, mineral and water resources that are facing an unprecedented onslaught. And in recent years the MoEF has earned the dubious record of being the 'Ministry of Environment...