Energy Security and Climate Change Challenges: India's Dilemma and Policy Responses
Bisht, Tulsi Charan (2011) Energy Security and Climate Change Challenges: India's Dilemma and Policy Responses. In: Energy security in the era of climate change : the Asia-Pacific experience. Anceschi, Luca and Symons, Jonathan, eds. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, U.K., pp. 111-125.
Abstract
Development, energy security and climate change are closely linked issues. Since India gained independence in 1947, policy making has prioritised economic development with the aim of eradicating widespread poverty. This emphasis on economic growth and a long neglect of environmental issues have resulted in a polluted and degraded environment, in which deforestation, desertification, soil degradation, water and air pollution, growth of urban slums and unhygienic living conditions have featured prominently. Effects of climate change on various sectors will further compound these problems.
Item type | Book Section |
URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/8780 |
ISBN | 9780230279872 (print), 9780230355361 (online) |
Subjects | Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Centre for Tourism and Services Research (CTSR) Historical > FOR Classification > 1605 Policy and Administration Historical > SEO Classification > 9603 Climate and Climate Change |
Keywords | ResPubID24298, environmental policy, energy policy, sustainable development, environment, IEP, NAPCC, National Action Plan on Climate Change, Integrated Energy Policy, IPCC, India |
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