| ID | 091482 |
| Title Proper | India and climate change |
| Other Title Information | what India wants, needs, and needs to do |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rajamani, Lavanya |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | From relative obscurity in the late 1980s when it was first discussed in the UN General Assembly,1 the issue of climate change has come, less than two decades later, to be characterized as "the defining human development challenge for the twenty-first century."2 For the years that the international community has engaged on climate change, it has the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)3 and its Kyoto Protocol,4 to show for it. These agreements however do not represent a truly effective and universal solution to address climate change. The emission reduction commitments made under these agreements are inadequate5 and inadequately implemented.6 And, the fundamental premises on which they are based are deeply contested. At the heart of the contestation is a divergence of views between developing and industrial countries on who should bear responsibility, in what measure, and under what conditions to address climate change. |
| `In' analytical Note | India Review Vol. 8, No. 3; Jul-Sep 2009: p.340 - 374 |
| Journal Source | India Review Vol. 8, No. 3; Jul-Sep 2009: p.340 - 374 |
| Key Words | India ; Climate Change ; Kyoto Protocol ; International Community ; Framework Convention on Climate Change ; FCCC ; Civil Society |