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Climate Change & Energy: Climate change in India

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India should make its national climate plans global

India should offer to make its national action plans part of a global climate deal in Copenhagen negotiations, says Rajendra K. Pachauri.

Source: Nature

22 October 2009 | EN | 中文

Scientific strategies can save dryland agriculture

Climate change will make Indian dryland agriculture harder, but a scientific strategy offers real hope, says ICRISAT head William D. Dar.

15 July 2009 | EN

Renewables the way forward for India

Renewables like solar, wind and biomass could help India meet its growing energy needs and create millions of jobs, says Anil K. Rajvanshi.

Source: Nariphaltan

1 April 2009 | EN

Indian scientists need to be more enquiring

Wanted: Imaginative Indian climate scientists

To meet the challenge of climate change, Indian scientists need more imagination and vigour, and to stop playing safe, says Sunita Narain.

Source: Business Standard

16 August 2007 | EN | 中文

The energy sector must be drawn into the carbon market, argues Wara

Can the CDM promote a low-carbon energy market?

The Clean Development Mechanism has not yet stimulated a significant low-carbon energy market in the developing world — crucial if it is to help limit climate change, says Michael Wara.

Source: Nature

8 February 2007 | EN | 中文

Wind farms in India can help mitigate climate change

India's pragmatic approach to climate change

Some think India is unwilling to tackle climate change, but national measures are already making a real contribution, argues Preety M. Bhandari.

31 August 2006 | EN

Indian nuclear reactors

India's energy mix needs nuclear boost

Ashok Parthasarathi argues that nuclear power must be central to India's energy policy and part of a broad mix that includes renewables.

11 May 2006 | EN

Biofuels should be part of climate change mitigation, say the authors

In favour of a disjointed approach to climate policy

Global warming is best tackled with a fragmented, 'non-global' approach tailored to individual countries, say David Victor, Joshua House and Sarah Joy.

Source: Science

21 September 2005 | EN

Dangerous liaisons: India's climate change pact with US

Sunita Narain argues that India should not enter into climate change partnerships with world's 'renegade emitters'.

Source: Down To Earth

7 September 2005 | EN

Climate debate focusing on empty words

Sunita Narain, director of India’s Centre for Science and Environment, laments that the political debate on climate change is revolving around empty words.

Source: Down to Earth

8 August 2002 | EN