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