Sino-Indian Cooperation at the Climate Change Negotiations:The Past,the Present and the Future

作     者：Dhanasree JAYARAM 

作者机构：Department of Geopolitics and International Relations Old TAPMI BuildingBehind Post OfficeManipal University 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies》 (城市与环境研究(英文))

年 卷 期：2014年第2卷第1期

页      面：143-154页

学科分类：030207[法学-国际关系] 03[法学] 0302[法学-政治学] 07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 

主　　题：India China cooperation climate change negotiations South-South cooperation equity 

摘      要：India and China have been cooperating with each other at the climate change negotiations since the inception of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) in *** paper makes a case that although the road has not been very smooth and has not been free of differences,the two powers have been at the forefront of decision-making in global climate governance and in this exercise,and cooperation has been more prominent than competition or *** paper analyzes the goals and positions of India at the negotiations within the larger framework of the North-South conflict and South-South *** it is the Common but Differentiated Responsibilities(CBDR) or the bottom-up approach toward climate change mitigation,concerns expressed by both countries have largely been similar,especially since they have championed the cause of equity and climate justice for safeguarding the developing countries’ right to *** paper explains the manner in which India and China have played an influential role in shaping the technicalities and modalities of various climate mechanisms in the context of their relations with the other developing and least developed countries(LDCs).The paper argues that by building more South-South cooperation mechanisms related to climate change issues,India and China can bring about a just and equitable global climate order that assists developing and LDCs in tackling climate change that affects them most.