India's Climate Change Identity (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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Climate negotiations and policy have been shaped by many individuals
representing various interest groups over the past 30 years. Whether these
interest groups are nation states, businesses, peoples or charities their
approach to engagement and constructive or obfuscatory dialogue shapes
the outcome.
Many argue that the vested interests of these different groups are
fundamentally incompatible while others hold out for inspirational political leadership that can both compromise and drive ambition. However,
some of the represented interests go much deeper than others and occasionally one set of individuals can hold a plethora of competing interests
that are not always mutually reinforcing.
One such group are those individuals who represent one of the largest
nation states in the world—India. India’s interests are complex and ever
changing. Indeed, its interests are more than just ‘interests’—they represent a set of identities that shape India itself. Identities are more difficult to
compromise on or negotiate away and are therefore vital to understand
whether you are an academic, negotiator or citizen.
This book scans India’s development landscape to decipher its key
developmental identities, namely rural identity, energy security identity,
industrial identity, entrepreneurial identity, developing nation identity and
emerging nation identity. This basket of identities coexists alongside a
diverse range of motivations, perceptions and expectations that influence
India’s domestic development agenda and the global emissions trajectory.
Importantly, it challenges any attempt to construct a cogent Indian position at international climate change negotiations.