[Vision2020] Praful Bidwai's new book "The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future"

[Ted Moffett]

Amy Goodman today interviewed Bidwai directly from the international
climate conference in Durban, South Africa, on "Democracy Now," which
you should be able to listen to from the following website:  "U.S.
Focus on China, India Emissions Burdens World’s Poor, Skirts Own
Responsibility–Praful Bidwai"
http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2011/12/6/us_focus_on_china_india_emissions

He emphasized the significance of the magnitude of historical CO2
emissions from the US, more than any other nation on Earth.
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http://www.prafulbidwai.org/index.php?post/2011/11/30/Invitation-to-panel-discussion-on-the-occasion-of-the-launch-of-the-book-The-Politics-of-Climate-Change-and-the-Global-Crisis-(1-Dec-2011%2C-Bangalore)

Abstract: Irreversible, catastrophic climate change caused by
greenhouse-gas emissions represents the greatest threat to humankind
today. The earth can cope with a maximum global warming of 1.5-2°C.
But temperatures will probably rise by 3-4°C-plus. Yet, the world has
failed to agree on drastically and equitably reducing emissions by
2020. What explains the failure and its impact on the global
developmental crisis? What responsibility should the industrialised
countries, historically culpable for climate change, assume? What
should the BASIC (Brazil-South Africa-India-China) grouping of
emerging big emitters, do? Can the negotiations be rescued? What
should India do irrespective of them, for the sake of its vulnerable
people? The book grapples with these issues. About the Author: Praful
Bidwai is an independent columnist, social science researcher and
environmental activist. A former Senior Editor of The Times of India,
he currently holds the Durgabai Deshmukh Chair in Social Development,
Equity and Human Security at the Council for Social Development,
Delhi. Bidwai is a Fellow of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam.
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