Global Summits: Where are we going? – Episode – 6

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses with D Raghunandan from Delhi Science Forum, Vijeta Rattani, Senior Researcher at Centre for Science and Environment, Ben Phillips of ActionAid International and Nitin Sethi of Business Standard the Bonn Climate Talks, the upcoming climate summit, COP 21 at Paris, the developed countries’ role thus far, climate justice and inequality, India’s pitch and participation, and if Indian NGOs were aping European national positions? They also discuss if there is a disconnect between India’s global role vis-a-vis intra-country role. And they analyse the newly-released report, Capitan America, US’s Climate Goals: A reckoning and do some crystal ball gazing of the COP 21 outcomes.

For Reference:

1. Doughnut economics by Kate Raworth
2. Michael C Hall on Years of Living Dangerously
3. Captain America: US Climate Goals, A Reckoning 
4. India to cut emissions intensity
5. Drop demand for finance from rich countries: Arvind Subramanian
6. What do India’s climate contribution goals mean, are they implementable? 
7. After an ugly battle, G77+China win the day on the first day of UN Climate talk
8. Fair Shares: A Civil Society Equity Review of INDCs
9. India’s INDC for Paris Climate Summit by D Raghunandan
10. Neither Brake Nor Accelerator, Assessing India’s Climate Contribution