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dc.contributor.author | Betz, Joachim | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-03 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-18T13:04:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-18T13:04:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aGerman Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) |cHamburg | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aGIGA Working Papers |x190 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 300 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | India | en |
dc.subject.keyword | climate policies | en |
dc.subject.keyword | greenhouse gas emissions | en |
dc.subject.keyword | international climate summits | en |
dc.subject.keyword | strategy shift | en |
dc.subject.keyword | energy saving | en |
dc.subject.stw | Klimaveränderung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Umweltpolitik | en |
dc.subject.stw | Treibhausgas | en |
dc.subject.stw | Energiesparen | en |
dc.subject.stw | Indien | en |
dc.title | India's Turn in Climate Policy: Assessing the Interplay of Domestic and International Policy Change | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 689598971 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:gigawp:190 | - |
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