Swinging from inaction to capitulation on climate policy.
2009; Sameeksha Trust; Volume: 44; Issue: 43 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0012-9976
Autores Tópico(s)Climate Change Policy and Economics
ResumoManmohan Singh's government appears to be contemplating a 180-degree turn to India's twodecade old position on global and country-wise commitments to combat climate change. The leaked contents of an extraordinary communication from Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicate that the new thinking is only a thinly veiled proposal to barter India's energy and developmental future for an illusory superpower status that would contribute little to the nation and its people. The focus on the new thinking is on the accommodation of developed nations' interests on climate change rather than finding means to force them to live up to their commitments.
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