Global Summits: Where are we going? – Episode – 8: Paris COP21 Reactive

Development writer and international negotiations watcher Biraj Swain discusses the recently concluded climate change conference at Paris with Mukul Sanwal, India’s first chief COP negotiator, Darryl D’ Monte, veteran environmental journalist, Aditi Kapoor of Alternative Futures, Raman Mehta of Climate Action Network South Asia. They discuss the outcomes of the conference, the stand-off between United States-European Union and rest of the world, the role India and China played. They also discuss India’s pitch and participation and how does India’s global championing of equity square up with its gross in-country inequity. They conclude with some crystal ball gazing on the road ahead beyond Paris.

For References:

1. World leaders hail climate deal as a major leap for mankind
2. Paris climate change deal too weak to help the poor, critics warn
3. Shifting goalposts as summit winds down
4. India’s 2022 renewable energy goal will require investments 4 times the defence budget
5. Why Indians need to closely examine our government’s sanctimonious rhetoric on climate justice
6. The Paris deal is done but is weak on climate finance for countries like India
7. India defends most red lines in Paris pact
8. 196 countries give in a little for a big deal
9. The world’s search for sustainable development
10. NDTV Big Fight: Climate Change, How worried should you be?