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ID157483
Title ProperClimate change policy of India
Other Title Informationmodifying the environment
LanguageENG
AuthorSaryal, Rajnish
Summary / Abstract (Note)Since the 1970s, and especially following the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, climate change has become an area of high politics, engaging the whole world at the international and diplomatic level. What matters, though, is how this translates into tangible policies at national and local levels, and how these different scales interact. Highlighting India’s unique position in international climate negotiations, this article first scrutinises various official statements and documents of the Government of India (GOI) on climate change and puts them into an analytical framework that demonstrates continuities, but also significant recent shifts. Investigating the reasons for such modifying trends and examining their consequences, the article then suggests that partly owing to recent changes in global and (geo)political contexts, but also due to an Indian re-thinking of responsibility for addressing global climate change, there is a significant new development. This seems to augur a South Asian ‘silent revolution’ in green technologies, a prudent, economically and ecologically beneficial step, not only for India but possibly a sustainable global model.
`In' analytical NoteSouth Asia Research Vol. 38, No.1; Feb 2018: p.1-19
Journal SourceSouth Asia Research 2018-02 38, 1
Key WordsEnvironment ;  Development ;  India ;  Climate Change ;  Greenhouse Gas Emissions ;  UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ;  Global Climate Negotiations