Global Climate Change: Indo-US Perspectives
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Author: | Edited by Narottam Gaan and Shesanjali Panda |
ISBN 13: | 9788183249041 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2018 |
Subject: | Life Science/Ecology and Environment |
About the Book
What has swirled the entire humanity along with the living non-human world to the gnawing apocalypse is the continuing persistence with the fossil fuel based development since the dawn of industrial revolution in West in 16th century resulting in devastating climate change with its wreaking of unmitigated havocs on earth due to unremitting emission of CO2 and other Green House gases to the atmosphere. Scientists are of the unanimous view that unless and until the emission of these dangerous gases is reduced to a stage that would keep the temperature of the earth at 1.50 Celsius at the preindustrial level, there is remote chance of survival on this planet. In tandem with this, is required the adaptive measures through science, innovative technology and indigenous knowledge to grapple with the vicissitudes of climate change. The world leaders under the aegis of United Nations taking seriously the findings of IPCC Reports have been meeting together since the Earth Summit in 1992 to hammer out a permanent solution to the contretemps unspooled with the signing of the historic Kyoto protocol in 1997 among the nations of the world and culminating in Paris Climate summit in 2015 which American president Trump outright reneged on its commitment driving the last nail into the coffin of climate change negotiations.
The present book is a critical narrative and analysis of the tumultuous path the global climate change negotiations have traversed since Kyoto protocol with US and India playing a pivotal role with their different stance and views in finally clinching at the Paris.