Handbook of Climate Change and India: Development, Politics and Governance (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks)

How do policymakers, businesses and civil society in India approach the challenge of climate change? What do they believe global climate negotiations will achieve and how? And how are Indian political and policy debates internalizing climate change? Relatively little is known globally about internal climate debate in emerging industrializing countries, but what happens in rapidly growing economies like India's will increasingly shape global climate change outcomes. This Handbook brings together prominent voices from India, including policymakers, politicians, business leaders, civil society activists and academics, to build a composite picture of contemporary Indian climate politics and policy. One section lays out the range of positions and substantive issues that shape Indian views on global climate negotiations. Another delves into national politics around climate change. A third looks at how climate change is beginning to be internalized in sectoral policy discussions over energy, urbanization, water, and forests. The volume is introduced by an essay that lays out the critical issues shaping climate politics in India, and its implications for global politics. The papers show that, within India, climate change is approached primarily as a developmental challenge and is marked by efforts to explore how multiple objectives of development, equity and climate mitigation can simultaneously be met. In addition, Indian perspectives on climate negotiations are in a state of flux. Considerations of equity across countries and a focus on the primary responsibility for action of wealthy countries continue to be central, but there are growing voices of concern on the impacts of climate change on India. How domestic debates over climate governance are resolved in the coming years, and the evolution of India's global negotiation stance are likely to be important inputs toward creating shared understandings across countries in the years ahead, and identify ways forward. This volume on the Indian experience with climate change and development is a valuable contribution to both purposes. 1. Impacts Of Climate Change On India / J. Srinivasan -- 2. Sea Level Rise : Impact On Major Infrastructure, Ecosystems And Land Along The Tamil Nadu Coast / Sujatha Byravan, Sudhir Chella Rajan And Rajesh Rangarajan -- 3. The Impact Of Climate Change On A Shift Of The Apple Belt In Himchal Pradesh / Ranbir Singh Rana ... [et Al] -- 4. India In The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change / R. Ramachandran -- 5. Global Warming In An Unequal World : A Case Of Environmental Colonialism (selected Excerpts) / Anil Agarwal And Sunita Narain -- 6. Present At The Creation : The Making Of The Un Framework Convention On Climate Change / Chandrashekhar Dasgupta -- 7. International Climate Negotiations And India's Role / Sandeep Sengupta -- 8. The Reach And Limits Of The Principle Of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities And Respective Capabilities In The Climate Change Regime / Lavanya Rajamani -- 9. Equity And Burden Sharing In Emission Scenarios : A Carbon Budget Approach / T. Jayaraman, Tejal Kanitkar And Mario D'souza -- 10. Equity In Climate Change : The Range Of Metrics And Views / Narasimha Rao -- 11. Climate Change Debate : The Rationale Of India's Position / Prodipto Ghosh -- 12. India's Official Position : A Critical View Based On Science / D. Raghunandan -- 13. Views From The Outside : International Perspectives On India's Climate Positions / Bert Metz ... [et Al] 14. Climate Politics In India : Three Narratives / Navroz K. Dubash -- 15. Climate Change And The Indian Environmental Movement / Sharachchandra Lele -- 16. The Hiding Behind The Poor Debate : A Synthetic Overview / Shoibal Chakravarty And M.v. Ramana -- 17. Climate Change And Parliament / Commentary Suresh Prabhu, Excerpts From Lok Sabha Debates, Excerpts From Rajya Sabha Debates -- 18. Climate Change And The Private Sector / Tarun Das -- 19. Corporate Responses To Climate Change In India / Simone Pulver -- 20. A Change In Climate? Trends In Climate Change Reportage In The Indian Print Media / Anu Jogesh -- 21. Energy, Development And Climate Change / Girish Sant And Ashwin Gambhir -- 22. Climate Change And Urbanization In India / Partha Mukhopadhyay And Aromar Revi -- 23. Agriculture In The Environment : Are Sustainable Climate Friendly Systems Possible In India? / Rajeswari Raina -- 24. Framework For India's Strategic Water Resource Management Under A Changing Climate / Himanshu Kulkarni And Himanshu Thakkar -- 25. Migration Or Exploitation? The Climate Talks, Redd And Forest Areas / Shankar Gopalakrishnan -- 26. The Technology Agenda / Anand Patwardhan And Neha Umarji -- 27. Mainstreaming Climate Change / Shyam Saran -- 28. The Geopolitics Of Climate Change / Nitin Desai. Edited By Navroz K. Dubash. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Handbook of Climate Change and India: Development, Politics and Governance Copyright Contents Figures Tables Notes on contributors Foreword Preface and acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Climate science and potential impacts 1. Impacts of climate change on India 2. Sea level rise: Impact on major infrastructure, ecosystems and land along the Tamil Nadu coast1 3. The impact of climate change on a shift of the apple belt in Himachal Pradesh 4. India in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Part II: Past as prologue: Early Indian perspectives on climate change 5. Global warming in an unequal world: A case of environmental colonialism (selected excerpts) 6. Present at the creation Part III: The international climate negotiations: Stakes, debates and dilemmas 7. International climate negotiations and India’s role 8. The reach and limits of the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities in the climate change regime 9. Equity and burden sharing in emission scenarios: A carbon budget approach 10. Equity in climate change: The range of metrics and views 11. Climate change debate: The rationale of India’s position 12. India’s official position: A critical view based on science 13. Views from outside: International perspectives on India’s climate positions Part IV: Domestic politics of climate change 14. Climate politics in India: Three narratives 15. Climate change and the Indian environmental movement 16. The Hiding Behind the Poor debate: A synthetic overview 17. Climate change and parliament: Excerpts from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha debates 18. Climate change and the private sector 19. Corporate responses to climate change in India 20. A change in climate? Trends in climate change reportage in the Indian print media Part V: Integrating climate change and development: A sectoral view 21. Energy, development and climate change 22. Climate change and urbanization in India 23. Agriculture in the environment: Are sustainable climate friendly systems possible in India? 24. Framework for India’s strategic water resource management under a changing climate 25. Mitigation or exploitation? The climate talks, REDD and forest areas 26 The technology agenda Part VI: Looking to the future 27. Mainstreaming climate change 28. The geopolitics of climate change Index