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Energy needs and efficiency, not emissions: re-framing the climate change narrative [1]

The basic narrative on climate change between the rich and poor worlds has been problematic. The focus on emissions has made industrial countries inadequately sensitive to the unmet energy needs in developing countries. And it has led developing countries to adopt the rhetoric of recrimination and focus on the legacy of historical emissions by industrial countries. The ensuing blame game has led to the current gridlock. As a
way out, suggest some simple principles for determining equitable distribution of emission cuts between developed and developing countries to meet global targets. These principles emphasize basic energy needs and the equality of access to energy opportunities rather than emissions, taking account of development levels, as well as energy efficiency in creating such opportunities.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
& et al [2], Arvind Subramanian [3], Nancy Birdsall [4], Dan Hammer [5]
Center for Global Development [6]
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide [7], Climate Change [8], Emission Targets [9], Energy Efficiency [10], Energy [11], India [12], Global [13]

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