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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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (C) shares a light moment with Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh (L) during a Climate Change 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.
  16. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) sits with Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh during a Climate Change 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.
  17. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (L) shares a light moment with Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh during a Climate Change 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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  4. SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 18: A Costco customer looks at a display of LCD HDTV televisions November 18, 2009 in San Francisco, California. The California Energy Commission voted unanimously to require all new televisions over 58 inches to be more energy efficient beginning in 2011. California became the first state in the nation to impose such stricts regulations in an effort to conserve energy and protect the environment.
  5. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  6. Indonesian activists dressed in orangutan costumes attend an anti-deforestation and illegal orang utan hunting campaign in Jakarta on November 17, 2009. There are about 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, 80 percent of them in Indonesia and the rest in Malaysia's Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak. A 2007 assessment by the United Nations Environment Program warned the charismatic red-haired apes will be virtually eliminated in the wild within two decades if current deforestation trends continue.
  7. Indonesian activists dressed in orangutan costumes attend an anti-deforestation and illegal orang utan hunting campaign in Jakarta on November 17, 2009. There are about 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, 80 percent of them in Indonesia and the rest in Malaysia's Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak. A 2007 assessment by the United Nations Environment Program warned the charismatic red-haired apes will be virtually eliminated in the wild within two decades if current deforestation trends continue.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder listens to his introduction before speaking at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder walks on stage before speaking at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  10. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  11. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  12. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder listens to his introduction before speaking at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  13. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder walks on stage before speaking at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder participates in a ceremony before speaking at the Ronald Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  16. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Ronal Reagan Trade Center on November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder spoke at a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.
  17. British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn (R) listens to a speech during a debate with Brazilian researchers about climate change and biodiversity, at Sao Paulo's Research Foundation (FAPESP), in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 16, 2009.
  18. British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn speaks during a debate with Brazilian researchers about climate change and biodiversity, at Sao Paulo's Research Foundation (FAPESP), in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 16, 2009.

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