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India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development
Summary
The book explores the complex intersection of climate change, development, and India’s national interests, presenting an analysis of how India can navigate the challenges of global climate change while pursuing its economic and social development goals.
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The problem of climate change poses an existential challenge, but for India, such a challenge is compounded by the immediate concerns of eradicating poverty and accelerating development. Moreover, India has played a relatively limited role thus far in causing the problem. Despite these complicating factors, India has to engage this challenge because a pathway to development innocent of climate change is no longer possible. The book seeks to encourage public debate on climate change as part of India’s larger development discourse. This book brings together leading researchers and practitioners—negotiators, activists, and policy-making lay out the emergent debate on climate change in India. The book aims to deepen clarity both on why India should engage with climate change and how it can best do so, even while appreciating and representing the challenges inherent in doing so.
It focuses on key themes such as:
- Impact of climate change
- India’s engagement in Global Climate Negotiations
- Role of politics, civil society and social movement in climate change
- National climate policies
- Aligning resources for climate and development
The book acts as a comprehensive resource for students, educators and policymakers to demonstrate how developing countries can lead in global climate action.
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