Global Climate Governance: An Evolutionary Perspective - By Chandrakant Singh

A very active campaign has been going on for the last two years to get every country to sign on to a net-zero goal for 2050. It is being argued that global carbon neutrality by 2050 is the only way to achieve the Paris Agreement target of keeping the planet’s temperature from rising beyond 2°C compared to pre-industrial times. Current policies and actions being taken to reduce emissions would not even be able to prevent a 3–4°C rise by the turn of the century.

At the recently held COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Indian Prime Minister for the first time pledged for ....