The HINDU Editorial Simple analysis and notes
September 10,2019
1) The Amazon fires ,an alarm that lacks proportion
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- The recent mass deforestation drive and man made forest fires in Brazil's Amazon forest has evoked widespread condemnation but this outrage is absent when it comes to Fossil fuel emissions
- The author of this article cites statistics from IPCC fifth assessment report AR5 and explains that emission from fossil fuel consumption and exploitation are more dangerous in comparison to meager emissions made by deforestation
- The effect of deforestation can be repaired slowly but Fossil fuel emissions cannot be put back into where they came from
- While the Western developed Nations were prompt in condemning amazon fires ,they conveniently circumvent the Paris agreement commitments to control global warming below 2 degree Celsius
- The current Brazil president Jair Bolsanaro is a known climate denier and undoubtedly his relaxation of environmental norms has worsened the situation ,but the area under fire in Amazon is lesser than their recent fires in Siberia ,congo , Canada
- The image of Amazon as poster child of conservation and biodiversity is the only plausible explanation that can be attributed to outrage over amazon forest fires while similar incidents in other parts of world were conveniently neglected
- The threat by French President to cancel EU - Mercosur trade deal to force Brazil and a noted US commentator proposals that major power could intervene militarily in developing country to tackle climate change shows a new low in the global North's pressure tactics on the south in dealing with climate change
- The Amazon and other terrestrial ecosystem undoubtedly offer more room to maneuver in dealing with global warming ,But without reducing fossil fuel emissions drastically and the global North paying back it's carbon debt by taking the lead there can be little hope towards meeting the climate change targets
Read more about developed vs developing countries debate on climate change,here
2) A controversial transfer
- The Chief Justice of Madras high court,Vijaya kamlesh Tahilramani was recently transferred to Meghalaya high court.
- Although the Constitution provides for such transfers, it is extremely rare that senior most chief justice in the country is shifted from a large court with 75 judges to a relatively new and three judge strength High court.This has caused quite a furor in legal circles .
- Justice Tahilramani asked the collegium to reconsider the transfer but it was not considered and she eventually tendered her resignation.
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- With this incident ,the Collegium's arbitrary and opaque procedure has once again come into the question,the collegium argument for transferring the justice Tahilramani on grounds of better administration seems fallacious as there are no known public complaint on her.
- The three judges case provided collegium(Chief Justice of India and four senior most SC judges )to decide on higher judges elevation or transfer subject to intelligence check by the government
- The collegium system addressed the Independence of Judiciary from executive but it failed to address the opaqueness and personal opinion involved in decision making.
Read concerns linked with the collegium system,here
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3) Belated Realization , On Trump's decision to halt Taliban peace deal
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- After a recent terror attack by Taliban which killed a US soldier and 11 other people , President Trump has halted the ongoing peace negotiations and a proposed camp david summit between Taliban and Afghan Government
- The US represented by Zalmay Khalilzad has been negotiating with taliban a peace deal with US assuring withdrawal of its troops and taliban assuring that Afghanistan will not serve as host to terror elements.
- But even while negotiating this peace deal taliban has been carrying out deadly terror attacks and has used these attacks as a bargaining tool to comply US to its terms
- The US action of acceding to Taliban terms of not engaging with the civilian Government and failure of US to negotiate a ceasefire during peace talks has only emboldened Taliban
- A Peace deal would serve no one's interest if Taliban is allowed to get away with repeated murders
Learn more about Afghan peace process ,here
4) Giving age old ties a news shine,on Russia India ties
- India Russia trade relations in recent years has increased manifold and is projected to touch 30 billion$ by 2025
- In October last year,Russia and India signed various deals ,notable among them is purchase of S400 air defense system,joint production of ka226T helicopters and a joint venture in Amethi producing 750,000 kalashnikov rifles ,both nations have also devised alternative arrangements to bypass US sanctions.
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- In addition to the usual defense equipment purchases,New areas of cooperation such as petrochemical sector,infrastructure have also been explored
- In strategic terms India and Russia have a strong relationship dating back to soviet era Treaty of Friendship and cooperation(1971)
- But the two nations have diverging opinions when it comes to dealing with Chinese hegemony.
- Nevertheless, with the Eurasian balance of power at stake, the need to bet on each other seems to be a shared strategy that supplies strong impetus to greater cooperation.
- Thus in contemporary scenario, Russia has emerged as a balancer in India China relations
Read more about the emerging RIC trilateral,here
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