Politics of climate change in India : narratives of equity and cobenefits
Abstract
India occupies an intriguing dual position in global climate politics—a poor and
developing economy with low levels of historical and per capita emissions, and a
large and rapidly growing economy with rising emissions. Indian climate politics
has substantially been shaped around the first perspective, and increasingly, under
international pressure, is being forced to grapple with the second. This review
of Indian climate politics examines the initial crystallization of Indian climate
positions and its roots in national climate politics, and then examines the modest
ways in which climate politics have been revisited in domestic debates since about
2007. Following elucidation of these themes, the article turns to a discussion of
new directions for Indian climate policy and their moorings in domestic climate
politics.
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Dubash, N.K. (2013). The politics of climate change in India: narratives of equity and cobenefits. WIREs Climate Change, 4, 191-201. doi:10.1002/wcc.210