Climate Change: India’s Options

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 44, No. 31, 2009

9 Pages Posted: 30 Aug 2009

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Devesh Kapur

University of Pennsylvania - Center for the Advanced Study of India; Center for Global Development

Radhika Khosla

University of Oxford

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Independent

Date Written: August 1, 2009

Abstract

Climate change poses particularly difficult challenges for India. On the one hand, India does not want any constraints on its development prospects. On the other, it also wants to be seen as an emerging global power that requires a leadership role on key global issues like climate change. It can either approach climate change as a “stand alone” global negotiation, or, weave these negotiations into a “grand bargain” involving linkages with other international negotiations. In order to understand these issues better, a conference on climate change held in New Delhi in March 2009 focused on the different bargains India might have to strike, both domestically and internationally, to respond to these challenges. The papers presented here highlight some of the key issues raised in the conference and also the analysis and interpretation of the main points of discussion.

Keywords: Climate change, India climate negotiations

Suggested Citation

Kapur, Devesh and Khosla, Radhika and Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, Climate Change: India’s Options (August 1, 2009). Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 44, No. 31, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1462560

Devesh Kapur

University of Pennsylvania - Center for the Advanced Study of India ( email )

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United States

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Radhika Khosla (Contact Author)

University of Oxford ( email )

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Independent ( email )

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