Abstract
Moral responsibilities and Equity are the twin principles to guide mitigation of climate change, both for developed and developing countries, both between and within them. They refer as much to action taken as to emission rights. Instead of taking up the same old eco-destructive path based on endless multiplication of wants, developing countries should find development alternatives and lifestyles which are sustainable as per Gandhi's vision. Equity requires allotment of equal per capita carbon rights.
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The following is a summary of what transpired at Cancun is based on Dutta and Ghosh (2011:26–34).
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I have discussed this issue at greater length in Nadkarni (2011) especially in Chapters 3 and 4.
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Quoted in Guha (2000: 22). Parentheses added by Guha.
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As narrated in TOI Team (2011: 2).
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Cited in Foreword by Narayanbhai Desai in TOI Team (2011).
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Nadkarni, M.V. (2013). Ethics of International Action on Climate Change: How Would Mahatma Gandhi Have Looked at it?. In: Nautiyal, S., Rao, K., Kaechele, H., Raju, K., Schaldach, R. (eds) Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_3
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