Journal Article - Global Environmental Change
Climate Change Research and Analysis in India: An Integrated Assessment of a South-North Divide
Abstract
For more than a decade climate change has been the focus of much research and analysis. Despite the global implications of the problem, the overwhelming majority of the researchers involved worldwide in studying the problem and its possible solutions are from industrialized countries, and participation of lesser-industrialized countries has been limited. While the wide-ranging implications of this South-North divide are sometimes recognized, there is little analysis on the reasons for this divide, why it continues to exist, and what steps might be required to narrow it. Towards this end, this paper analyzes how climate change research and analysis is performed in India, a major lesser-industrialized country. Based on detailed interviews, it explores the factors that play a role in shaping the capability of India to perform, and respond to, climate-change analyses. Drawing on the Indian case study, the paper examines developing-country participation in the international climate science and assessment enterprise. This allows some reflection on the potential pitfalls for international discussions on climate change and what the international community and countries of the South can do to overcome them in order to address this conspicuous South-North divide.
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Kandlikar, Milind, and Ambuj Sagar. “Climate Change Research and Analysis in India: An Integrated Assessment of a South-North Divide.” Global Environmental Change, vol. 9. no. 2. (July 1999): 119-138 .
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