David G. Victor Quoted in New York Times Article
IR/PS Professor Discusses India's Role in Climate Change Policy
10/03/2009
Jim Yardley,
The New York Times
When the United Nations convened its summit meeting on climate change last month, China and the United States, the two most important countries at the negotiating table, hewed to mostly familiar scripts, making promises without making too many specific commitments. Less familiar was the script followed by the third most important country at the table, India.
India’s public stance on climate change is usually predictable — predictably obstinate and unwilling to compromise, at least according to many industrialized nations. But at the United Nations, India’s delegation toned down its usual criticisms of the industrialized world, presented new plans to reduce India’s emissions and sought to reposition the country, in the words of the environment minister, as a “deal maker,” not a “deal breaker.”
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David Victor is director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, based at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
