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NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday September 22, 2009, New York

US President Barack Obama has said that the security and stability of each country is at stake due to climate change. Addressing the UN Summit on Climate Change, Obama said that countries need to develop economies without harming the planet.

India, deal maker or deal breaker?

NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday September 22, 2009, New Delhi, New York

India, which has been accused of being uncooperative on addressing the climate change issue, says it will be a deal maker and not deal breaker. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has said India wants to be part of the solution, but will it be easy to break the deadlock?

At climate meet, India will not bend

Sarah Jacob, Tuesday September 22, 2009, New York

As the week-long UN climate summit begins in New York on Tuesday, India has said it would like to be a part of a deal maker and not the deal breaker. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh pointed out that while India would not budge from its position on legally binding carbon emission cuts, it would like to be part of a solution and not be a deal breaker.

Climate change: Can Obama lead the way?

NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday September 22, 2009, New Delhi

Despite his popularity abroad, when it comes to climate change, US President Obama is in a corner. The international community wants the United States to cut its carbon emissions by 25 to 40 per cent over the next 10 years.

I am nervous but confident: Yugratna

NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday September 22, 2009, New York

Thirteen-year-old Indian girl Yugratna Srivastava has been invited by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, to address the UN summit on climate change. She's only 13, but she has a message for the US President Barack Obama, China's President Hu Jintao and India's Foreign Minister S M Krishna.

SOS from Himalayas to the World

NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday September 22, 2009, Rohtang Pass

NDTV travels with film director Shekhar Kapur to Rohtang Pass, from where he will be beaming out a live message to New York and India, urging politicians to wake up to the reality of climate change.

Airlines to cut emissions

NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday September 22, 2009, New York

Airlines have been accused of dragging their heels over climate change, but the strategic shift reflects industry concerns that it could be ambushed at the global warming summit in Copenhagen in December if it does not address its growing emissions.

Lucknow girl all set to make history

Ramesh Verma/Anant Zanane, Tuesday September 22, 2009, Lucknow

Thirteen-year-old Yugratna from Lucknow is all set to create history on Tuesday night by becoming the first Indian teenager and only the second girl in the history of the United Nations to address the UN General Assembly. On September 9, a letter arrived at the residence of Alok Shrivastav, a botany teacher at a government college in Lucknow.