India and Global Climate Change Perspectives on Economics and Policy from a Developing Country

Preface, Michael Toman Introduction, Michael Toman Part I: Economic Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in India Future Energy Trends and GHG Emissions for India, P.R Shukla, Debyani Ghosh and Amit Garg Developmental Sustainability Implications of the Economic Reforms in the Energy Sector of India, Ramprasad Sengupta and Manish Gupta Economic Policy Reforms in India: Implications for Energy Consumption, Subir Gokarn Some Issues in GHG Emissions from the Informal Energy-Using Sector: Evidence from India, Gautam Gupta Endogenous Substitution of Energy Resources: Theory and Application to the Indian Energy Sector, Ujjayant Chakravorty Part II: Options for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in India Policies For Carbon Abatement In The Presence Of Regulatory Distortions: The Electricity Generating Sector In India, Madhu Khanna Carbon Sequestration in Indian Forests: Potential and Incremental Costs, Haripriya S. Gundimeda Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Control Strategies for India Using Multi-Criteria Approaches, R. Ramanathan Energy Economy Model Applications for India: Long-term GHG Trends and Mitigation Costs, P.R. Shukla and Ashish Rana Incentive-Based Approaches for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Issues and Prospects For India, Shreekant Gupta Part III: International Climate Policy Strategic Analysis of International Climate Negotiations, Sudhir Shah The Kyoto Protocol and Developing Countries: Strategy and Equity Issues, Parkash Chander Allocation of GHG Emissions - An Example of Short Term and Long term Criteria, Sujata Gupta and Preety M Bhandari Clean Development Mechanism: Issues and Options, P.G. Babu, K.S. Kavi Kumar and Bibhas Saha Part IV: Conclusions India‘s Efforts to Minimise GHG Emissions: Policies, Measures and Institutions, Jyoti Parikh Global Climate Change: Indian perspective revisited and restated, R.K. Pachauri Appendix A Brief Note on Climate Change Impacts on India, K.S. Kavi Kumar

Biography

Michael A. Toman is a senior economist at the Inter-American Development Bank and a former fellow at Resources for the Future. Ujjayant Chakravorty is an associate professor of economics at Emory University. Shreekant Gupta is a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an associate professor at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.

'An important, original contribution to the literature on the economics of climate change policy in general and with respect to India and developing countries in particular.' Adam Z. Rose, Pennsylvania State University