A Shared Understanding of India’s Climate Policy? Insights from a Survey of Indian Climate ExpertsN

While a plurality of scholarly pledge.1 While there is widespread approaches and opinions enriches the agreement about the urgent need for debate and scholarship, the absence of a climate action in India and abroad, concerns shared understanding runs the risk of have been raised about the distant goal of complicating the domestic and climate neutrality by 2050 set by the United international polic. [...] To enhance the response rate, the covering email specified the topic of the questionnaire, the sponsor of the research and the number of questions, and the survey was distributed from an professional email address.38 No financial incentive was provided, but there was an option to be acknowledged in the report. [...] © 2021 The Swedish Institute of International Affairs 11 How does the epistemic Drivers and impediments community view India’s The survey results suggest that the result of the 2014 election influenced the evolution climate policy? of India’s climate policy (see figure 1). [...] The larger the circle, the more important the Sections 4 and 5 present the results of the factor. [...] partnership with the IEA to deepen their cooperation into full membership in the While the respondents’ unwavering support future.52 for the ISA as a crucial climate diplomacy avenue is not surprising, the significance of More than 20 of the 25 respondents viewed the G20 as an economic governance and the IPCC, the UN and the Coalition for standard-setting body might be.