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Bahar Dutt
Environment Editor
Is global warming for real or is it all hype? How will a rise in temperature affect you and me? As world leaders gather at Copenhagen, we at CNN-IBN are presenting a special line-up of shows, blogs and guest chats which simplify the complex debate surrounding climate change. This maybe Planet Earth's worst crisis, will the summit at Denmark be a turning point or a failure? And what do these negotiations mean for India? These are some of the questions we will be exploring on CNN-IBN through the 'GREEN WEEK'. During this week we trek upto the Gangotri glacier - could it actually be melting? We dive to the bottom of the sea - could corals actually be dying with a rise in temperature? And finally what do our CNN-IBN news anchors do to go green? We meet some of them to find out. We also interact with the Minister of State for Environment Mr Jairam Ramesh in a candid chat to find out what will India's stand be at Copenhagen.
In all this, viewer feedback welcome, especially, any ideas on what all of you are doing to go green!
Bahar Dutt is the Environment Editor with CNN-IBN. She has won seven national and international awards including the Wildscreen Award at Bristol, UK, for her hard-hitting environment investigations which have focussed on the quiet sell-out of India's forests. She was also awarded the Sanctuary Award in 2008 and is a trained conservation biologist. Bahar did her M Sc thesis on an Amazonian primate species - the black lion tamarin and has been working with conservation groups for eight years before joining CNN-IBN.
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Lions of Gir, India's most endangered big cat: report 
Meghdoot Sharon & Bahar Dutt / CNN-IBN
A latest census report by the government of Gujarat has reported that in the last two years over 70 lions have died in Sasangir, the only forest in India which is home to the Asiatic Lion. [1014 hrs IST]
Bahar Dutt
Environment Editor, CNN-IBN
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Copenhagen Climate Change Summit: Where does India stand?
Worldwide, idle computers alone generate 45 million metric tons of CO2, enough gas to fill 810,000,000,000 (810 billion) balloons
If you change just 3 light bulbs to CFL you will save 136 kg of CO2
If you adjust your thermostat by just one-half degree Celsius during winter and summer months, the average household can save 907 kg CO2.
The largest source of CO2 emissions is from the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas in power plants. In countries like the US electricity production is the single largest generator of CO2 emissions. India has cleared more than 156 thermal power projects in the last 2 years . If CO2 emissions are not controlled the temperatures around the globe will increase by 4-5 degrees C.
Around 1.5 million tons of plastic are expended in the bottling of 89 billion liters of water each year
Over 100,000 marine animals die every year from plastic entanglement. Nearly 17,000 plant and animal species are known to be threatened with extinction, while more than 800 have disappeared over the past 500 years
Every year the world loses nearly 13 million hectares of forest to deforestation. Brazil and Indonesia have the highest rate of deforestation.
Bulb - saving energy is a pre-requisite, to calling yourself environmentally responsible. Now here's a bright eco-friendly idea that can light up your homes. (CFL) Visual details: A bulb is connected to a mug of coffee and a huge watermelon. Vikram changes it to CFL - which then draws its energy from a small piece of watermelon n less coffee
save water - Leave the tap open while shaving or brushing and you'll end up wasting 80% more water than you need. This world environment day, here's one more reason why you should save water. Comic but true. Visual Details: Vikram travels in the bus and goes to work with shaving cream on his face. Then flashback shows that he left the tap running while shaving - so the consequences
Pull Plug - The electricity that is wasted by electrical appliances plugged in unnecessarily is no laughing matter. Visual details: Vikram exerts a lot of pressure and pulls out a mobile phone charger - cans ave up to 1000MW
Paper Factoid - saving 1 tonne of paper saves 17 trees Visual details: Vikram picks up a waste paper and then buries it in mud and a sapling grows out of it
Factoid Fish - millions of marine animals die due to polybags Visual Detail: a breathless fish in a polybag
Cigar Butt factoid - a cigar butt takes over a decade for composting
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