Interspaced with some of the highest mountains in the world, the Himalayas look so powerful, pure and pristine. It is easy to believe then that these are indeed the abode of the Gods. Dubbed the third polar region of the world, they symbolise nature's supremacy and its power to sustain life with more than one-tenth of the world's population directly depending on its waters.

There appears to have been no snowfall in the Himalayas this year even at these heights and the Tibetan plateau beyond. If there were, the rising temperature has not only melted the fresh snow but stripped further layers from past centuries. Much of the range looks like a high wall of grey and jagged outcrop of ... >>

People look back at Copenhagen and wonder - with all the media attention, with all the public pressure, with all the international attention, and with some 130 heads of state gathered, why was a legally binding agreement not possible? If it wasn't possible in Copenhagen, what is then the chance of a legally binding agreement afterwards?

But, here it is important that we don't resolve to apathy and climate depression. We must accept the fact that politics is the art of the possible. Even though the Copenhagen Accord was not what the world had hoped for, it did address some of the most contentious issues in the negotiations.

Let us briefly look at what the achievements are actually in ... >>