HANDBOOK ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDIA

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. . The volume: lays out the range of positions and substantive issues that shape Indian views on global climate negotiations; delves into national politics around climate change; and analyses how climate change is beginning to be internalized in sectoral policy discussions over energy urbanization water and forests. . The collection shows how within India climate change is approached primarily as a developmental challenge. Internationally considerations of equity across countries and a focus on the primary responsibility for the action of wealthy countries continue to be central but there are growing voices of concern on the impacts of climate change on India.