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India’s call for ‘climate justice’ can break the deadlock at Paris

India’s pivotal role: speaking for the late developers

 

Mukul Sanwal[1]

 

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Struggling with global climate change

The developing countries must take the lead just as they have done in the transformation to sustainable development

 

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WITH INSERTIONS (In bold) AND DELETIONS (Underlined) TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT, IN ARTICLE 2.

A. DRAFT AGREEMENT

[ The Parties to this Agreement,

Pp1 Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as ôthe Conventionö,

Pp2 In furtherance of the objective of the Convention,

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THE NEGOTIATING TEXTFOR PARIS: AN APPEAL

There are two opposing visions of the new climate regime and the unresolved issue is whether the multilateral consensus at Paris will be around climate justice, reflecting the concerns of the majority of the human population, or environmental integrity, which reflects the approach adopted in the negotiation text, released on 5 October 2015.

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India’s leadership challenge in the climate negotiations

 

What countries will do at the national level is less important than the nature and scope of international cooperation

 

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Initial thoughts on the elements for a draft decision

Technical examination and periodic assessmentswith respect to “fairness” and “ambition” are at the heart of the climate regime and involve important trade-offs; even in the Convention, negotiated twenty four years ago, in 1992, assessment and review (Article 10) was the very last item to be agreed.

 

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The pope supports the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, stresses social and justice concerns

The Pope has said he hopes the document, entitled LautadoSii (Praised be),’On Care for Our Common Home’, will influence the UN conference on climate change in Paris this year. Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon praised the moral leadership being demonstrated by Pope Francis, also hoping that this leadership will prove influential, if not decisive, in the upcoming Paris climate talks in November this year.

 

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Promise me the monsoon

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