Sustainable development and climate change/ edited by Sunjoy Joshi and Marlies Linke - New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2011. - 282p.



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1.Climate Change and Global Sustainability: Need for a New Paradigm for International Cooperation --
Mukul Sanwal --
Introduction --
I.What we are really doing --
II.Reframing the way global sustainability has been defined --
III.New perspectives --
IV.The new paradigm --


2.Brazil in the Global and Regional Politics of Climate --
Eduardo Viola --
Introduction --
I.Brazil in the global carbon cycle --
II.Brazil in the international climate negotiations --
III.Pressure for change in the Brazilian position --
IV.Conclusion --


3.Global Solidarity for Climate Change Mitigation: Role of the European Union --
Daniel Bladh --
I.Climate change and social justice --
II.Financing climate change action --
III.The current economical model --
IV.Some final proposals --


4.Interplay between Climate and Trade Policies: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries --
Fariborz Zelli --
Introduction --
I.Key issues of interplay between the climate and trade regimes --
II.Border adjustment measures in the US and the EU --
III.Border adjustment measures and developing countries --
IV.Conclusion --


5.Financing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Options for Forests and Peatlands --
Benjamin L. Caldecott --
Introduction --
I.The challenge --
II.The scope for action --
III.Proposals to finance forests and peatlands --
IV.Conclusions and recommendations --


6.Nuclear Energy and Climate Change --
Sophie Meritet --
Introduction --
I.Energy Scenarios --
The period 2010-2030 --
The periods 2030-2050 and 2100 --
II.Important factors for the development of nuclear power --
Introduction --
Weak points of nuclear power --
III.Country overview --
United States --
France --
China --
Conclusion --


7.Development, Energy Security and Climate Security: India's Converging Goals --
Sunjoy Joshi --
Introduction --
I.Alleviating energy poverty --
II.Can India lead at climate negotiations? --
III.Conclusion --


8.Climate-Change Mitigation in India: Policies and Mechanisms for Deploying Viable Optionss
Varun Rai--
I.Need to move away from the CDM post-2012 --
II.Addressing the additionality problem through Climate Accession Deals (CADs) --
III.Applying the CADs framework to india---
IV. Conclusion --

9. Climate change: An Indian Perspective
Jyoti Parikh and Kirit Parikh

I. The Background
II. India's approach to climate change
III. India's action plan
IV. Concluding comments

10. Climate Protection without Biofuels?: The Promises and Limits of Bioenergy
Joachim H. Spangenberg
I. Supply potential
II. Cost aspects
III. Use options
IV. Conclulsion

11. Climate Change and Adaption: Concepts and Issues
K. S. Kavi Kumar
Introduction
I. Adaption in present climate regime
II. Basis for adaption
III. Adapt to what?
IV. Adaptation in climate negotiations: Prospect

12. The global Relevance of a Post-Kyoto Agreement: Lessions from India and Central South Asia
Diana Reckien, Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf and Oleksandr Kit






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Climate change mitigation -- Congresses -- International cooperation.
Nuclear energy -- Congresses -- Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes -- Congresses -- Economic aspects.

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