| | Climate change poses particularly difficult challenges for
India. On the one hand, India does not want any
constraints on its development prospects. On the other,
it also wants to be seen as an emerging global power
that requires a leadership role on key global issues like
climate change. It can either approach climate change
as a “stand alone” global negotiation, or, weave these
negotiations into a “grand bargain” involving linkages
with other international negotiations. In order to
understand these issues better, a conference on climate
change held in New Delhi in March 2009 focused on the
different bargains India might have to strike, both
domestically and internationally, to respond to these
challenges. The papers presented here highlight
some of the key issues raised in the conference
and also the analysis and interpretation of the main
points of discussion.
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