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Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh (L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Chairman Minister for National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua (R) during the Indo - China Joint Workshop on National Actions Plans on Climate Change in New Delhi on October 21, 2009. India and China put aside a recent diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh (L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Chairman Minister for National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua (R) during the Indo - China Joint Workshop on National Actions Plans on Climate Change in New Delhi on October 21, 2009. India and China put aside a recent diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen.

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  1. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, checks the time as Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, and Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said Thursday that the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  2. Indian Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh attends the Delhi High Level Conference on Climate Change Technology Development and Transfer in New Delhi on October 22, 2009. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the two-day conference with the Maldives president as guest of honour.
  3. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, listen as Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, unseen, speaks at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  4. U.N. Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, back to camera, talks to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, second from left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  5. Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh listens to an unseen speaker during the Indo - China Joint Workshop on National Actions Plans on Climate Change in New Delhi on October 21,2009. India and China put aside a recent diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen.
  6. Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh (L) exchanges a MOA with Chinese Vice Chairman Minister for National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua (R) during the Indo - China Joint Workshop on National Actions Plans on Climate Change in New Delhi on October 21,2009. India and China put aside a recent diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen.
  7. Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh (L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Chairman Minister for National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua (R) during the Indo - China Joint Workshop on National Actions Plans on Climate Change in New Delhi on October 21, 2009. India and China put aside a recent diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen.
  8. China's chief climate change official, Xie Zhenhua, right, shakes hands with Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh after signing an agreement during a joint workshop on national action plan on climate change in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
  9. Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh (C) poses with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries environment ministers prior to addressing media representatives in New Delhi on October 20,2009, after the conclusion of the Eighth Meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country Environment ministers.
  10. Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh (C) talks with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretary General Sheel Kant Sharma (2L) prior to addressing media representatives in New Delhi on October 20,2009, after the conclusion of the Eighth Meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country Environment ministers.
  11. Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh addresses media representatives in New Delhi on October 20, 2009, after the conclusion of the Eighth Meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) country environment ministers.
  12. China's Director of Climate Change of National Development and Reform Commission Su Wei (C) addresses a speech as Indian Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh (L) and US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern look on during the opening ceremony of Climate Week NY°C at the New York Public Library in New York on September 21, 2009. The event, an initiative of global non-profit The Climate Group, in partnership with the UN, the government of Denmark, the city of New York, the TckTckTck campaign and the Carbon Disclosure Project, aims to support UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's call to secure a global climate deal.
  13. Indian Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh (L) addresses the opening ceremony of Climate Week NY°C as China's Director of Climate Change of National Development and Reform Commission Su Wei looks on at the New York Public Library in New York on September 21, 2009. The event, an initiative of global non-profit The Climate Group, in partnership with the UN, the government of Denmark, the city of New York, the TckTckTck campaign and the Carbon Disclosure Project, aims to support UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's call to secure a global climate deal.
  14. Indian Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh addresses the opening ceremony of Climate Week NY°C at the New York Public Library in New York on September 21, 2009. The event, an initiative of global non-profit The Climate Group, in partnership with the UN, the government of Denmark, the city of New York, the TckTckTck campaign and the Carbon Disclosure Project, aims to support UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's call to secure a global climate deal.
  15. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: Indian Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh attenda the 2009 Climate Week NYC kickoff at The New York Public Library on September 21, 2009 in New York City.
  16. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: Indian Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and Director general of climate change Su Wei attend the 2009 Climate Week NYC kickoff at The New York Public Library on September 21, 2009 in New York City.
  17. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: Indian Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and Director general of climate change Su Wei attend the 2009 Climate Week NYC kickoff at The New York Public Library on September 21, 2009 in New York City.
  18. Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh Danish (L) delivers a speech as Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (R) looks on during a Climate Changes and What are the Opportunities for India in a Green Economy meeting in New Delhi on September 11, 2009. Rasmussen is in India for a two-day official visit.

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  5. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009.
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  10. Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009. Carlgren said on Monday the European Union (EU) was "still pushing" developed countries to adopt a broad interim accord at next month's climate conference in Copenhagen.
  11. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
  12. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
  13. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
  14. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference.
  15. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference.
  16. Two-year-old Jessica Fletcher kisses a fibreglass penguin representing Beatle John Lennon at the Pier Head in Liverpool, northern England, November 23, 2009. The Beatles penguins are part of a public art exhibition called "Go Penguins" which will see 235 fibreglass penguins decorated by artists, celebrities and community groups go on display around the city as a finale to Liverpool's Year of the Environment programme.
  17. An illegal miner pans for gold at the mountain of Tumpang Pitu in Banyuwangi, East Java November 21, 2009. The miners can collect about 1 to 5 grams of gold and earn up to 175,000 rupiah ($18) a day. The mine has been in operation since June 2009 and local villagers have began protesting because the waste produced by the mine is polluting the environment.
  18. Illegal miners search for gold on the mountain of Tumpang Pitu in Banyuwangi, East Java November 21, 2009. The miners can collect about 1 to 5 grams of gold and earn up to 175,000 rupiah ($18) a day. The mine has been in operation since June 2009 and local villagers have began protesting because the waste produced by the mine is polluting the environment.

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