Environmental Challenges, Climate Change & Development
Satya Prakash Dash, Manaswini Pradhan
Abstract
Development and environment are the two most debatable themes in the present global context. Both have become incompatible, thereby resulting in controversies, challenges, and contradictions. The paper presents a moderate background of steps taken for environmental preservation and the controversy to the north-south debate. It analyses the threat to the global environmental situation in the context of globalization. It presents the case of Niyamgiri hills in Orissa and its significance in the context of ‘environmentalism of the poor’. It presents some of the important global meets and its consequences and relevance. The paper also analyses the action taken by the government of India in its endeavor to contribute substantially towards global warming and climate change.