| | Urbanisation in India is both a necessary input and an
inevitable consequence of growth. However, we must
accept that the existing urbanisation models are
unsustainable at the Indian scale and there is no
available alternative trajectory. The international climate
change negotiations can be seen as an opportunity to
create an environment that will help in the discovery of a
more sustainable urbanisation. This paper explores a
limited set of emergent issues that will have to be
considered as India develops its domestic approach to
urbanisation, while negotiating its international position
on climate change.
It is structured into three broad sections, viz, (a) the
feedback loops from urbanisation to climate change and
vice versa, (b) actions needed at multiple levels to
influence these processes, and (c) the implications of
these for India’s negotiating position on climate change.
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