Implementing COP21 Paris Agreement

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 145, April 2016: How can Paris Agreement reduce emission as well as reduce poverty? To AIDMI this is the key question for implementation. This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of 'Implementing COP21 Paris Agreement'. It highlights the views of some of the most reputed academics and practitioners who have closely followed the evolution of this agreement. Important aspects such as the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), national mitigation and adaptation strategies have been highlighted in this issue. Similarly, this issue also highlights the role of international partnerships; public systems and sharing of technical know-how between nations in the pursuit of climate justice. Developing countries like India have the additional onus of reconciling the development aspirations of their people with the commitments of the Paris Agreement. Therefore, it will be valuable to see how innovatively can India and other nations implement the Paris Agreement to make the world safe from the adverse impacts of climate change as well as reduce ongoing poverty. This issue's contents includes: (i) Implementing Paris Agreement in India; (ii) Implementing Cop 21 Paris Agreement in South Asia: A View from India; (iii) COP 21 Paris Agreement What Can India–Russia Do to Implement it?; (iv) Chennai Floods 2015: A View from Cop 21 Paris Agreement Implementation in India; (v) Cop 21 Paris Agreement: A View from Pakistan; (vi) Why did Chennai Drown?; (vii) Role of Public Systems in Implementing COP 21 Paris Agreement in India; (ix) COP 21 in Paris: Politics of Climate Change; and (x) The COP21 Paris Agreement: Reducing or Creating Vulnerability?