TY  - GEN
AU  - Ashok Kumar
TI  - Three Narratives about Climate Change Policies in India
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Institute of Town Planners
KW  - URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN (AR-UPD)
N2  - In  this  paper  the  author  argues  that  several  attempts  made  by  Government  of  India since the last three decades, place India at the forefront of global climate change regime. India is one of the fourth major emitters of total annual emissions but nonetheless is one of the smaller contributors to global cumulative emissions of  3  percent  only,  with  per  capita  contribution  to  emissions  was  2.44  metric  ton, emissions per person in 2012. But also remains one of the most vulnerable countries  due  to  changes  in  patterns  of  rainfall,  and  increasing  frequency  and  intensity of extreme events such as cyclones, droughts and floods, at the same time India is confidently riding on its high economic growth rate. The paper shows that  economic  policies  and  climate  change  policies  have  moved  forward  with  a  centre of gravity always remaining on the side of economic policies. This location of climate change policies is inequitable as they do not address needs of the most vulnerable sections of society, and mostly the Indian climate change policies have not yet arrived in the city as largely they remain delinked from national climate change policy endeavors
UR  - http://www.itpi.org.in/uploads/journalfiles/15x1.pdf
ER  -