Inconvenient questions

How do I explain the global media powerhouses need to get real about the impacts of climate change on countries like India - my country?

I write this with considerable anguish. In June, the world came together in Stockholm to mark 50 years of global environmental consciousness. The meet was to celebrate interdependence and the need for a global compact for planet Earth. But more than ever, such events have virtually become a dialogue of the deaf. The world, it seems, lives in two different planets. There is deep division, polarisation, and a lack of understanding of each other’s concerns.

Let me tell you what has left me so troubled and has, once again, told me just how much we must learn to listen to