India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Indian Monsoon (1/11)
A rickshaw puller transports a commuter along a flooded road in Kolkata in July 2007. India’s summer monsoon rains are both a blessing and a curse. Twice a year, East Asia witnesses torrential rains that shed hundreds of liters per square meter, thereby irrigating fields and filling groundwater reservoirs. The resulting floods, however, can also submerge roads, destroy crops and displace thousands of people. How global warming will precisely affect this complex climate pattern is not yet clear. Scientists fear that rains will become stronger and more erratic, the latter of which may cause extreme drought. (Photo: Reuters)
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Indian Monsoon (1/11)
A rickshaw puller transports a commuter along a flooded road in Kolkata in July 2007. India’s summer monsoon rains are both a blessing and a curse. Twice a year, East Asia witnesses torrential rains that shed hundreds of liters per square meter, thereby irrigating fields and filling groundwater reservoirs. The resulting floods, however, can also submerge roads, destroy crops and displace thousands of people. How global warming will precisely affect this complex climate pattern is not yet clear. Scientists fear that rains will become stronger and more erratic, the latter of which may cause extreme drought. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Droughts and Lack of Water (2/11)
People gather water from a well in the village of Natwarghad in the western Indian state of Gujarat in the summer of 2003 in the midst of the worst drought in over a decade. As temperatures soared to 44 degrees, dams, wells and ponds across the region went dry, forcing people to rely on state-run water tankers. (Photo: Reuters)
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Droughts and Lack of Water (2/11)
People gather water from a well in the village of Natwarghad in the western Indian state of Gujarat in the summer of 2003 in the midst of the worst drought in over a decade. As temperatures soared to 44 degrees, dams, wells and ponds across the region went dry, forcing people to rely on state-run water tankers. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Water Pollution (3/11)
A man prepares to cast a fishing net into the polluted waters of river Yamuna, with the historic Taj Mahal monument in the background. The Yamuna is a major tributary to the Ganges and is polluted by wastewater from the Indian capital, Delhi. According to a World Bank study, estimated costs of water pollution in India were as high as eight billion dollars in 1995. Both population and economy have grown tremendously since then, putting increasing stress on India's major rivers. (Photo: Reuters)
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Water Pollution (3/11)
A man prepares to cast a fishing net into the polluted waters of river Yamuna, with the historic Taj Mahal monument in the background. The Yamuna is a major tributary to the Ganges and is polluted by wastewater from the Indian capital, Delhi. According to a World Bank study, estimated costs of water pollution in India were as high as eight billion dollars in 1995. Both population and economy have grown tremendously since then, putting increasing stress on India's major rivers. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Water Conflicts (4/11)
Water flows on the banks of Chenab River with the Baglihar hydroelectric project in the background, about 155 kilometers northwest of Jammu in the Indian part of Kashmir. The project has caused tensions between Pakistan and India. Pakistan objects to the height of the dam, saying it violates the 1960 Indus Water Treaty. Melting glaciers and erratic monsoon patterns could further aggravate regional tensions over water. (Photo: Reuters)
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Water Conflicts (4/11)
Water flows on the banks of Chenab River with the Baglihar hydroelectric project in the background, about 155 kilometers northwest of Jammu in the Indian part of Kashmir. The project has caused tensions between Pakistan and India. Pakistan objects to the height of the dam, saying it violates the 1960 Indus Water Treaty. Melting glaciers and erratic monsoon patterns could further aggravate regional tensions over water. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Environmental Destruction (5/11)
A Royal Bengal tiger walks on mangroves of Sunderbans Tiger Reserve at the mouth of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Rising sea levels, stronger monsoons, and deforestation are threatening the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. The destruction of the Sunderbarns and its thick mangrove vegetation, which acts as a natural barrier, would make the Ganges Delta more vulnerable to cyclones and storm tides. (Photo: Reuters)
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Environmental Destruction (5/11)
A Royal Bengal tiger walks on mangroves of Sunderbans Tiger Reserve at the mouth of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Rising sea levels, stronger monsoons, and deforestation are threatening the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. The destruction of the Sunderbarns and its thick mangrove vegetation, which acts as a natural barrier, would make the Ganges Delta more vulnerable to cyclones and storm tides. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Air Pollution (6/11)
Smoke pours from a power plant smokestack against the backdrop of monsoon rain clouds in Calcutta. The smoke adds to the so-called Asian Brown Cloud, a layer of air pollution covering parts of the northern Indian Ocean, India, Pakistan, and parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China.
The chief of the U.N. panel on climate change said the cloud was a matter of concern but it would take up to five years to know if its impact on climate change was serious or negligible. (Photo: Reuters)
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Air Pollution (6/11)
Smoke pours from a power plant smokestack against the backdrop of monsoon rain clouds in Calcutta. The smoke adds to the so-called Asian Brown Cloud, a layer of air pollution covering parts of the northern Indian Ocean, India, Pakistan, and parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China.
The chief of the U.N. panel on climate change said the cloud was a matter of concern but it would take up to five years to know if its impact on climate change was serious or negligible. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Coal (7/11)
A worker carries coal at a wholesale coal shop in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri. Annual coal consumption in India has more than tripled since 1980. India is the world’s third-biggest producer of coal (behind China and the United States), and nearly 70 percent of the country’s electricity is generated from the inexpensive and abundant, but environmentally hazardous fossil fuel. (Photo: Reuters)
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Coal (7/11)
A worker carries coal at a wholesale coal shop in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri. Annual coal consumption in India has more than tripled since 1980. India is the world’s third-biggest producer of coal (behind China and the United States), and nearly 70 percent of the country’s electricity is generated from the inexpensive and abundant, but environmentally hazardous fossil fuel. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Transportation (8/11)
Heavy traffic in the southern Indian city of Chennai (formerly Madras). It may be an Indian consumer's dream - cheap cars for as low as 2,500 US dollars, within reach of many in the country's growing middle class. But more cars on the road in India could also prove to be a traffic and environmental disaster. (Photo: Reuters)
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Transportation (8/11)
Heavy traffic in the southern Indian city of Chennai (formerly Madras). It may be an Indian consumer's dream - cheap cars for as low as 2,500 US dollars, within reach of many in the country's growing middle class. But more cars on the road in India could also prove to be a traffic and environmental disaster. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Electric Car (9/11)
People look at a Reva electric car in New Delhi. Reva is the first electric car that is being mass-produced in India. The car can be charged anywhere by simply plugging into a 220-volt, 15-ampere socket. The Reva G-Wiz – reportedly the most energy-efficient vehicle on the British market – however failed UK crash tests and was banned in April 2007. (Photo: Reuters)
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Electric Car (9/11)
People look at a Reva electric car in New Delhi. Reva is the first electric car that is being mass-produced in India. The car can be charged anywhere by simply plugging into a 220-volt, 15-ampere socket. The Reva G-Wiz – reportedly the most energy-efficient vehicle on the British market – however failed UK crash tests and was banned in April 2007. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Biogas (10/11)
An Indian worker checks the flame from a biomass gasifier power plant in Gosaba, the main village town of Sunderbans, south of Kolkata. About 1,200 families are served with power from this very power plant. The government says renewable contributions to the Indian power grid could reach 20-25 percent in the coming decades. (Photo: Reuters)
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Biogas (10/11)
An Indian worker checks the flame from a biomass gasifier power plant in Gosaba, the main village town of Sunderbans, south of Kolkata. About 1,200 families are served with power from this very power plant. The government says renewable contributions to the Indian power grid could reach 20-25 percent in the coming decades. (Photo: Reuters)
India: Growth vs. Climate Protection
Nuclear Power (11/11)
U.S President George W. Bush with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in March 2006. India and the United States signed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact. The deal could boost the Indian nuclear energy industry and save carbon dioxide emissions from coal power plants. The U.S. Congress, however, has not passed the bill yet because India has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Photo: Reuters)
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Nuclear Power (11/11)
U.S President George W. Bush with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in March 2006. India and the United States signed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact. The deal could boost the Indian nuclear energy industry and save carbon dioxide emissions from coal power plants. The U.S. Congress, however, has not passed the bill yet because India has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Photo: Reuters)
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