By committing a 20% reduction in emission intensity while the west is only making negligible effort and aligning itself with China when our emissions are closer to Africa
High costs and absence of appropriate technology are the reasons why developing countries have done little to achieve the mitigation targets, says Arvind Panagariya
At Copenhagen, India should clearly indicate to the US that it would not sign an unjust and inequitable treaty permitting trade sanctions against other nations and that if necessary it would exercise its right to retaliate, says Arvind Panagariya
This paper by Arvind Panagariya says that India does not fall into the category of "big league" emitters like China. With nearly 300 million people living below the poverty line, India needs urgent and lasting development and it would be inconceivable for India to cap its emissions yet.
