Mukul Sanwal[1]

India’s pivotal role: speaking for the late developers

Mukul Sanwal[1]

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

Mukul Sanwal[1]

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

MukulSanwal[1]

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.

Mukul Sanwal^[1]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has now unequivocally stated that “the evidence suggests that outcomes seen as equitable can lead to more effective [international] cooperation”.

Compromises have to be made by all

Mukul Sanwal

MukulSanwal[1]

Global climate policy is being reframed, moving away from an exclusive focus on emissions, the symptoms, to the causes of the problem, use of energy, and new sustainable development architecture.