Sustainable development and climate change/ edited by Sunjoy Joshi and Marlies Linke
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TextPublication details: New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2011Description: 282pISBN: 9788171888610Subject(s): Climate change mitigation -- Congresses -- International cooperation | Nuclear energy -- Congresses -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changes -- Congresses -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 551.6 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 551.6 JOS/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P12980 |
Machine generated contents note:
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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