India

It is always said that the climate change is going to affect the poor and the vulnerable, but in the very discussion on climate change the poor and kept away from it. The very undemocratic nature of the debate it self is very disappointing, and is revolving around bringing more money to certain groups orto the governments. In reiterating the need to bring out the community perspectives on climate change crisis, it is very important for us as a group to understand the perception of vulnerable people.

Participants work with real communities to develop projects ready to present to donors. Urban participants can partner with participants in developing nations to gain community contact.

OL 341: Adapting to Climate Change 1: The Community Focus
July 13 - August 30. Six Weeks.

The first links lead to the corresponding introduction pages, where the actual file can be found at the bottom of each page. The (.doc) and (.pdf) links are direct links to the actual report file.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Nagpur Declaration

Adopted in CGP,India's National Workshop

in Nagpur on November 16, 2009

One of the summit's requirements was for countries to spell out by 31 January how they would cut emissions.

But industrialised nations had failed to set the "truly ambitious" targets needed, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta said.

Britain's Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the commitments made in Copenhagen were an important step forward.

An accord reached at Copenhagen in December is not a substitute for the UN process, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at a conference in New Delhi today.

India has urged Denmark to restart negotiations on climate change in the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) process, in the run-up to the Conference of Parties (COP)-16 scheduled to be held in Mexico in December.

Amid the brouhaha over last week's retraction by a United Nations body of its 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035, global warming sceptics quickly seized on the error, noting the rash of media reports on the issue, which they believed bolstered their position.

India's power regulator has laid out regulations on renewable energy certificates (RECs), which can be bought by companies to meet statutory obligations to purchase a minimum level of renewable energy, the government said in a statement.