1st Edition

India, China, and Climate Change Governance Leadership and Responsibility in the Asian Global South

Edited By Amit Ranjan, Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska, Elo Süld Copyright 2026
220 Pages 3 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 3 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This important volume sheds light on how the major Asian Global South states - India and China - are handling their leadership roles and responsibilities within the broader framework of global climate diplomacy, examining their governance efforts and ability to shape and manage global climate challenges. Bridging international geopolitics and climate governance from a Global South perspective,... Read more

Introduction

Part 1 Climate Change and Responsibility

Chapter One: India, China, and the Question of Global South Leadership: Responsibility, Differences, and Disputes

Amit Ranjan

Chapter Two: Global South Agency in the International Climate Regime: China’s Status as a “Responsible Great Power” in the Spotlight

Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska

Chapter Three: China as a Responsible Alternative to the US in the Middle East? The case of Iraq’s water crisis

Elo Süld

Chapter Four: Climate, Competition, and Cooperation: The Future of EU-China Relations in the Electric Vehicle Era

Anastasia Sinitsyna

Chapter Five: Competition or cooperation? China and India in South Asia’s transition to clean and renewable energy in Nepal and Bangladesh

Puspa Sharma

Part 2 Environmental Governance Responsibility

Chapter Six: The Environmental Governance and Water Management between Kazakhstan and China: Mapping Responsible Approaches, Solutions, and Instruments

Katarzyna Skiert-Andrzejuk and Rassima Salimbayeva

Chapter Seven: India’s Environmental Responsibility in the Himalayan Frontier of Ladakh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh

Kikee Doma Bhutia

Chapter Eight: India’s Approaches to Global Environmental Governance: Resistance and Cooperation

Saeeduddin Faridi

Biography

Amit Ranjan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska is a Research Fellow at the Asia Centre, University of Tartu, Estonia, and an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations, Civitas University, Warsaw, Poland.

Elo Süld is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and Head of the Asian Center at the University of Tartu.