Imagine if Canada and the US, where per capita emissions are abound 20 tonnes, took CO2 emissions as seriously as India, where emissions are around under a single tonne.

In order to achieve effective global action to fight climate change, India has stressed the need for “fair burden sharing” and trust between developed and developing countries.

Ganga and Indus are among the top ten rivers in the world that are fast dying as a result of over extraction, climate change, pollution and dams, WWF-India has warned.

In a report ‘World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk’ released on the eve of the World Water Day on March 22, the global conservation organisation listed top ten rivers around the world that were fast drying up.

China and India are choking on their own emissions in their race to catch up with the lifestyles of the developed world. Their argument against cleaning up their emissions has been that smog and greenhouse gases are just the price they pay for admission to the club of the wealthy nations. But that is starting to change.

Food shortages, water scarcity, heatwaves, floods and migration of millions of people will occur across Asia as a result of climate change, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN climate panel, said on Tuesday.

A White House official announced that the United States is ready to enter binding international emission targets if China and India “agree to match the commitment.”

“Plans by China and India to raise biofuels production from irrigated maize and sugarcane could aggravate water shortages and undermine food output, an international report said on Thursday.”

A group of scientists and environmentalists suggest that Africa will need more donor funding to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Compare to China and India, Africa has received much less funding.

India is one of the world’s major polluters, but businesses there have yet to plan for climate change impacts. There is a lack of an emissions measurement system in place.

The United States agreed to a new climate change deal in Bali after being the only major industrialized country not to ratify Kyoto. This turnaround is partly due to interactions with India and China and seeing their willingness to deal with climate issues.