Navroz K Dubash

Jan 10, 2025 | epw.in | Navroz K Dubash

The Evolution of Indian Climate Politics and Policy Climate change considerations are increasingly being internalised, or domesticated in India’s development decision-making. This paper examines how political narratives linking climate change and development have emerged over the past decade, explores top-down approaches to climate policy, discusses key sectoral shifts and economy-wide approaches, and ends with a discussion of what mainstreaming climate change may mean for the Indian state.

Sep 18, 2024 | theindiaforum.in | Navroz K Dubash |Shibani Ghosh

Over the past decade, climate change has increasingly come to the focus of Indian academics and policymakers. But, until recently, explicit attention to climate change by the Indian judiciary has been limited. This is poised to change with the Supreme Court’s March 2024 judgment in MK Ranjitsinh v. Union of India. The impetus for the case pertains to permissions for electricity transmission infrastructure in a habitat for critically endangered birds.

Jun 6, 2024 | science.org | Navroz K Dubash

As temperatures and evidence of climate impacts mount, so too do pressures to enhance climate policy ambition and implementation. In a previous piece, I have argued that to respond to these pressures requires rebalancing focus from target setting to implementation through policy formulation and enactment. But following through on policy and its implementation brings its own challenges.

Feb 15, 2024 | science.org | Navroz K Dubash

Navroz K. Dubash https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3758-8971Authors Info & AffiliationsClimate change, as noted by the recently released technical report of the “stocktake” under the United Nations negotiation process, is an “all of economy, all of society” problem. To induce change consistent with the scale and scope of this challenge, countries are increasingly creating “framework laws” on climate change.

Nov 28, 2023 | thehindu.com | Navroz K Dubash

As December draws near, so does the volume and intensity of global conversation around climate change negotiations. In early December, the 28th annual Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Dubai. While climate change diplomacy occurs in multiple fora including G20 m67557084.eetings, UN summits, and bilateral fora, the COP remains the central place where the machinery of global climate governance gets built.