Indo-German Environment Partnership Programme Dialogue on “India and Climate Change: Road to Paris”

The Indo-German Environment Partnership (IGEP) programme, organizes dialogues on a wide range of topics concerning sustainable development and environment protection – called the IGEP Dialogue. These dialogues are meant as a platform for sharing ideas and opinions, and for discussions between participants from different backgrounds – ministries, academia, NGOs, corporate, embassies, political foundations, etc.
The seventh in the series of IGEP Dialogues was held on the topic “India and Climate Change: Road to Paris” on May 15, 2014, at the GIZ Office, New Delhi. 

Mr Chandra Bushan, Deputy Director General Centre for Science and Environment and Mr Navroz K Dubash, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, were the main speakers.

The speakers stressed that all climate negotiations so far were mainly mitigation-centric with focus on carbon markets, and with very little contribution to adaptation. There is need for effective communication of India’s position on Climate Change negotiations, and for a strong institutional mechanism of negotiators, which is not only open, but also involves people from outside the government.

Future possible direction for India could be

1. Co-benefit based approach, development policies with climate change benefit as co-benefit
2. Need to institutionalize Climate Decision making- mechanism for prioritization of action including growth and social inclusion. 

Key speakers: Mr Chandra Bushan, Deputy Director General Centre for Science and Environment and Dr Navroz K Dubash, Senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research with Dr Dieter Mutz, Programme Director, IGEP