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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Betz, Joachim | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-04-03 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-04-18T13:04:24Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-04-18T13:04:24Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2012 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57188 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | India has long been regarded as a deal-breaker in international climate negotiations; it was at the summit in Copenhagen that India first abandoned its old strategic line and made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions voluntarily. This shift was accompanied by a proliferation of domestic initiatives to save energy, to develop regenerative energies, etc. Traditional IR approaches remain insufficient to explain this policy shift - which is the aim of this paper - insofar as they fail to adequately take into account the fact that climate policies have to confront two audiences: a domestic and an international one, each presenting different tactical necessities for official reaction. On the international front, we argue that globally, India intended to be perceived as a responsible actor, one deserving of a greater say in global governance matters. On the domestic level, shrinking national energy reserves and mounting import dependence made the co-benefit of energy saving in reducing greenhouse gas emissions evident. The shift was made easier because important business associations aligned with a more eco-friendly development perspective and because the reduction commitments made by the Indian government on an international stage did not demand very stringent domestic emission reductions. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | GIGA Hamburg | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | GIGA working papers 190 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 300 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | India | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | climate policies | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | greenhouse gas emissions | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | international climate summits | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | strategy shift | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | energy saving | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Klimaveränderung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Umweltpolitik | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Treibhausgas | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Energiesparen | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Indien | | en_US |
| dc.title | | India's turn in climate policy: Assessing the interplay of domestic and international policy change | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 689598971 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
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