IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/intstu/v51y2014i1-4p195-211.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

India’s Environmental Strategy in the Global Climate Negotiations

Author

Listed:
  • Mintu Barua

Abstract

Politicization of environment is a unique feature of international politics in the twenty-first century. In the game of environmental politics, rising powers, like India, are playing a very decisive role as they are indispensable factors in achieving a solution of climate crisis. Since the beginning of global environmental politics (GEP), India has been a game changer, sometimes regarded as a deal breaker. India’s environmental negotiation strategies are based on equity, which often successfully derail the global environmental negotiations. From 2006 onwards, at the domestic level, a series of environmental policies were adopted by the Indian government that reflected optimism about resolving the crisis of environment. The policies were mainly focused on energy efficiency. Also, contrary to its long-standing position, in 2009, India voluntarily committed to reduce its carbon emission, which was revised in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) in Paris Agreement in 2015. However, the changes in Indian environmental policies, both at the domestic and international levels, are not sudden, but they are deeply linked with the concerns of India’s energy security. India’s declaration of sunshine alliance at the Paris climate conference is nothing but a giant leap towards transforming India from an energy-dependent country to energy-independent country.

Suggested Citation

  • Mintu Barua, 2014. "India’s Environmental Strategy in the Global Climate Negotiations," International Studies, , vol. 51(1-4), pages 195-211, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:intstu:v:51:y:2014:i:1-4:p:195-211
    DOI: 10.1177/0020881717719352
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020881717719352
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0020881717719352?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. H A C Prasad, 2009. "Climate Change and India-Some Major Issues and Policy Implications," Working Papers id:2323, eSocialSciences.
    2. Haas, Peter M., 1989. "Do regimes matter? Epistemic communities and Mediterranean pollution control," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 43(3), pages 377-403, July.
    3. Betz, Joachim, 2012. "India's Turn in Climate Policy: Assessing the Interplay of Domestic and International Policy Change," GIGA Working Papers 190, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
    4. World Bank, 2006. "India - Strengthening Institutions for Sustainable Growth : Country Environmental Analysis," World Bank Publications - Reports 19628, The World Bank Group.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Shapiro, Jesse M., 2016. "Special interests and the media: Theory and an application to climate change," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(C), pages 91-108.
    2. William Hynes & Patrick Holden, 2012. "What future for the Global Aid for Trade Initiative? Towards a fairer assessment of its achievements and limitations," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp421, IIIS.
    3. Kevin Morrell, 2008. "The Narrative of ‘Evidence Based’ Management: A Polemic," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(3), pages 613-635, May.
    4. Mai'a K. Davis Cross, 2015. "The Limits of Epistemic Communities: EU Security Agencies," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 3(1), pages 90-100.
    5. Olav Stokke, 2013. "Regime interplay in Arctic shipping governance: explaining regional niche selection," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 65-85, March.
    6. Flannery, Wesley & O’Hagan, Anne Marie & O’Mahony, Cathal & Ritchie, Heather & Twomey, Sarah, 2015. "Evaluating conditions for transboundary Marine Spatial Planning: Challenges and opportunities on the island of Ireland," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 86-95.
    7. Oliver Westerwinter & Kenneth W. Abbott & Thomas Biersteker, 2021. "Informal governance in world politics," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 1-27, January.
    8. Xinyuan Dai, 2006. "The Conditional Nature of Democratic Compliance," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 50(5), pages 690-713, October.
    9. Alessandro Tavoni & Simon Levin, 2014. "Managing the climate commons at the nexus of ecology, behaviour and economics," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(12), pages 1057-1063, December.
    10. Daniel Berliner, 2016. "Transnational advocacy and domestic law: International NGOs and the design of freedom of information laws," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 121-144, March.
    11. Sedlačko Michal & Staroňová Katarína, 2015. "An Overview of Discourses on Knowledge in Policy: Thinking Knowledge, Policy and Conflict Together," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Sciendo, vol. 9(2), pages 10-31, December.
    12. Peter EVANS & Martha FINNEMORE, 2001. "Organizational Reform And The Expansion Of The South’S Voice At The Fund," G-24 Discussion Papers 15, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
    13. repec:spo:wpmain:info:hdl:2441/2ilfdosc5a9umpcja7bbsturuq is not listed on IDEAS
    14. Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic, 2011. "From the Rule of Law to the Law of Rules," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-01891972, HAL.
    15. repec:hal:spmain:info:hdl:2441/2ilfdosc5a9umpcja7bbsturuq is not listed on IDEAS
    16. Carsten Helm & Detlef Sprinz, 2000. "Measuring the Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 44(5), pages 630-652, October.
    17. Coen, David & Kreienkamp, Julia & Tokhi, Alexandros & Pegram, Tom, 2022. "Making global public policy work: A survey of international organization effectiveness," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 13(5), pages 656-668.
    18. Büscher, Bram, 2014. "Selling Success: Constructing Value in Conservation and Development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 79-90.
    19. Carol L. Silva & Hank C. Jenkins‐Smith & Richard P. Barke, 2007. "Reconciling Scientists' Beliefs about Radiation Risks and Social Norms: Explaining Preferred Radiation Protection Standards," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(3), pages 755-773, June.
    20. Rolf Lidskog & Göran Sundqvist, 2015. "When Does Science Matter? International Relations Meets Science and Technology Studies," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 15(1), pages 1-20, February.
    21. Mark Lorenzen, 2005. "Localized Learning and Social Capital The Geography Effect in Technological and Institutional Dynamics," DRUID Working Papers 05-22, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies.
    22. Johannes Urpelainen, 2012. "Technology investment, bargaining, and international environmental agreements," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 12(2), pages 145-163, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:intstu:v:51:y:2014:i:1-4:p:195-211. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.