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title: The Times They Are a-Changing
date: 2009-10-20T19:12:01Z
modified: 2009-10-21T00:14:48Z
permalink: "https://350.org/times-they-are-changing/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: Every time I call our good friend Bittu Sahgal, editor of
wpid: 11217
author: Will Bates
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Every time I call our good friend Bittu Sahgal, editor of [Sanctuary Asia](https://www.sanctuaryasia.com/index.php?view=article&catid=572:expert-speak&id=1580:jairam-ramesh-breathing-fresh-air-into-climate-talks&option=com_content&Itemi), I get to listen to a bit of Bob Dylan as I wait for him to pick up the phone. Well, the classic Dylan line, "the times they are a-changing" seems quite appropriate for the recent news coming our of India. A leaked letter from the Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh, to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh seemed to indicate that India may be on track to re-strengthen there commitments to tackle climate change. Here is what Bittu Sahgal, along with our friend Malini Mehra of [Centre for Social Markets](https://www.csmworld.org/), have to say about the situation:

_**Jairam Ramesh – breathing fresh air into climate talks**_

_In an interview to Sanctuary Asia Jairam Ramesh, Minister, Environment and Forests lists his priorities as follows: 1. significantly improve India’s natural forest cover; 2. establish an effective environmental grievance redressal regime that is effective, speedy and fair; 3. chalk out an effective climate change agenda that is both pragmatic and self-sustaining._

[Click here to continue reading on the Sanctuary Asia site.](https://www.sanctuaryasia.com/index.php?view=article&catid=572:expert-speak&id=1580:jairam-ramesh-breathing-fresh-air-into-climate-talks&option=com_content&Itemi)