DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1058239
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84933574434
论文题名: Global climate policy and local energy politics: is India hiding behind the poor?
作者: Jaeger M ; D ; , Michaelowa K
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2016
卷: 16, 期: 7 起始页码: 940
结束页码: 951
语种: 英语
英文关键词: clean cooking
; electrification
; energy politics
; energy subsidies
; India
; international negotiations
Scopus关键词: electrification
; emission control
; energy use
; environmental policy
; global climate
; negotiation process
; policy making
; subsidy system
; India
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: Along with the large middle-income countries Brazil, China, and South Africa, India has been put under increasing pressure to shoulder parts of the mitigation burden and commit to national emission reduction targets. India, however, refers to its limited capacity and widespread poverty. Is India hiding behind its poor? While others examine the distribution of emissions within the country to answer this question, we study domestic policy making for energy subsidies and access to clean energy. Empirical evidence suggests that domestic policy making is at least partially consistent with the pro-poor arguments advanced at the international level. Given their large number and the country's democratic system, the poor do have some weight in Indian politics. However, pro-poor policies end where they do not translate into greater vote shares. Moreover, India's international position ignores the existing complementarities between climate-friendly and pro-poor activities. Policy relevance Despite India's recent growth spurt, its concern to fight energy poverty at home before engaging in any commitments on climate policy at the international level should be taken seriously within the international negotiations. Policy making in India is driven by democratic incentives, which, in this case, work to the benefit of the poor. Pro-poor policies may not go as far as one would wish from a developmental perspective, but the impact of the masses of the poor on domestic policy making is politically significant and cannot be ignored. This also provides some broader lessons for mitigation and adaptation policies in developing countries: politicians respond to incentives and support will only reach the needy if the appropriate incentives are in place. While we observe some significant commitment and implementation problems even in a democratic country like India, such problems must be expected to be even more serious elsewhere. This should not be overlooked when designing institutions for the allocation of climate finance, such as the Green Climate Fund. © 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80335
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作者单位: ETH Zurich, Center for Security Studies (CSS), Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), Affolternstr. 56, Zürich, Switzerland
Recommended Citation:
Jaeger M,D,, Michaelowa K. Global climate policy and local energy politics: is India hiding behind the poor?[J]. Climate Policy,2016-01-01,16(7)