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Background Resources

Articles (Journal)

  1. Byravan, Sujatha. 2014. “Climate Policy and the Poor: Some Perspectives.” Environmental Justice 7, no. 5: 142-145. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2014.0011.
  2. Chaturvedi, Bharati. 2014. “A Waste of Wealth: How Indian Cities Are Ignoring the Recyclers but Asking for Recycling.” Environmental Justice 7, no. 5: 138-141. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2014.0025.
  3. Chu, Eric, and Kavya Michael. 2019. “Recognition in Urban Climate Justice: Marginality and Exclusion of Migrants in Indian Cities.” Environment and Urbanization 31, no. 1: 139-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247818814449.
  4. Das, Jahnnabi. 2019. “The Struggle for Climate Justice: Three Indian News Media Coverage of Climate Change.” Environmental Communication 14, no. 1: 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1629976.
  5. Dubash, Navroz K. 2013. “The politics of climate change in India: narratives of equity and cobenefits.” WIREs Clim Change 4: 191-201. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.210.
  6. Joshi, Shangrila. 2014. “Environmental justice discourses in Indian climate politics.” GeoJournal 79: 677–691. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-014-9545-y.
  7. Mehta, Vishal K., Rimi Goswami, Eric Kemp-Benedict, Sekhar Muddu, and Deepak Malghan. 2014. “Metabolic Urbanism and Environmental Justice: The Water Conundrum in Bangalore, India.” Environmental Justice 7, no. 5: 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2014.0021.
  8. Pariyadath, Renu, and Reena Shadaan. 2014. “Solidarity after Bhopal: Building a Transnational Environmental Justice Movement.” Environmental Justice 7, no. 5: 146-150. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2014.0013.
  9. Rajan, S. Ravi. 2014. “A History of Environmental Justice in India.” Environmental Justice 7, no. 5: 117-121. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2014.7501.
  10. Rajan, S. Ravi. 2014. “Environmental Justice in India.” Environmental Justice 7, no. 5: 115-116. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2014.7502.
  11. Rampini, Costanza. 2017. “Environmental and Climate Justice along the Brahmaputra River in Northeast India.” Lessons in Conservation: 24-35 (San José State University). https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/envs_pub/10/.
  12. Schmidt, A., and M.S. Schäfer. 2015. “Constructions of climate justice in German, Indian and US media.” Climatic Change 133: 535-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1488-x.
  13. Shahabuddin, Ghazala, and Padmasai Lakshmi Bhamidipati. 2014. “Conservation-induced Displacement: Recent Perspectives from India.” Environmental Justice 7, no. 5: 122-129. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2014.0012.
  14. Sundriyal, R. C., and P. P. Dhyani. 2015. “Significance of India’s INDC and climate justice: an appraisal.” Current Science 109, no. 12: 2186-2187. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/109/12/2186.pdf.

Articles (Web)

  1. Dalmia, Shikha. 2015. “Why ‘climate justice’ has India and the West at each other’s throats.” Oct. 26, 2015. https://theweek.com/articles/584216/why-climate-justice-india-west-each-others-throats.
  2. Ginoya, Namrata. 2019. “As India Revises State Climate Plans, Who Should Have a Voice?” WRI India, Jul. 25, 2019. https://wri-india.org/blog/india-revises-state-climate-plans-who-should-have-voice.
  3. Idiculla, Mathew. 2019. “Climate justice through judicial diktat.” The Hindu, Sep. 24, 2019. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/climate-justice-through-judicial-diktat/article29493093.ece.
  4. Jain, Prayank. 2017. “On the Brink of a Disaster, India’s Quest for Climate Justice.” The Quint, Dec. 13, 2017. https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/on-the-brink-of-a-disaster-indias-quest-for-climate-justice.
  5. Mangala, Pradnya. 2019. “Climate Justice in India: A critical overview.” MR Online, Oct. 11, 2019. https://mronline.org/2019/10/11/climate-justice-in-india-a-critical-overview/.
  6. Shah, Anup. 2012. “Climate Justice and Equity.” Global Issues, Jan. 8, 2012. https://www.globalissues.org/article/231/climate-justice-and-equity.
  7. Shahane, Girish. 2019. “What the Climate Justice movement misses – and why it is necessary.” Scroll, Oct. 3, 2019. https://scroll.in/article/939250/what-the-climate-justice-movement-misses-and-why-it-is-necessary.
  8. Shreejaya, Shradha. 2018. “How Women Empowerment Helps In Achieving Climate Justice.” Feminism India, Nov. 8, 2019. https://feminisminindia.com/2018/11/08/women-empowerment-climate-justice/.
  9. Tandon, Usha. 2015. “India’s Consideration of Ethics and Justice Issues in Formulating Climate Change Policies.” National Climate Justice, Nov. 5, 2015. https://nationalclimatejustice.org/2015/11/05/india/.

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Chaturvedi, Sanjay, and Timothy Doyle. 2015. “Climate Justice: An Attempt at an Emancipatory Politics of Climate Change.” In Climate Terror: New Security Challenges Series. Palgrave Macmillan: London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318954_7.
  2. Pahwa Gajjar, Sumetee, Garima Jain, Kavya Michael, and Chandni Singh. 2019. “Entrenched Vulnerabilities: Evaluating Climate Justice across Development and Adaptation Responses in Southern India.” In Bhavnani, Kum-Kum, John Foran, Priya A Kurian, and Debashish Munshi (eds). 2019. Reimagining Global Climate Justice. Zed Books. http://iihs.co.in/knowledge-gateway/entrenched-vulnerabilities-evaluating-climate-justice-across-development-and-adaptation-responses-in-southern-india/.
  3. Swarnakar, Pradip.  2019. “Climate Change, Civil Society, and Social Movement in India.” In Dubash, Navroz K. (ed). 2019. India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and Development. OUP. https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oxford/downloaddoclightbox/$002f10.1093$002foso$002f9780199498734.001.0001$002foso-9780199498734-chapter-15/Climate%20Change$002c%20Civil%20Society$002c%20and%20Social%20Movement%20in%20India?nojs=true.

Briefs and Reports

  1. Anderson, Teresa, Md Shamsuddoha, and Ajaya Dixit. 2016. “Climate Change Knows No Borders: An analysis of climate induced migration, protection gaps and need for solidarity in South Asia.” ActionAid and Climate Action Network South Asia. https://actionaid.org/sites/default/files/climate_change_migration_in_south_asia_web_version.pdf.
  2. UNDP India. 2016. “Towards Climate Justice: Examples from across India.” Sep. 14, 2016. https://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/library/environment_energy/towards-climate-justice–examples-from-across-india.html.
  3. Women and Gender Constituency. 2011. “Climate Justice Briefs: Rural Women’s Adaptation Strategies: India.” Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development. http://apwld.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Climate-Justice-India.pdf.

Events

  1. Dr. Shalini Sharma. “Indigenous Urbanism and Climate Justice in India.” Jan. 27, 2020. Hinckley Institute of Politics, University of Utah. https://www.hinckley.utah.edu/calendar/2020/1/27/indigenous-urbanism-and-climate-justice-in-india.
  2. UTS Social Impact. “Indigenous Climate Justice: India, North America, Australia.” Aug. 27, 2018. University of Technology Sydney. https://socialimpact.uts.edu.au/event/indigenous-climate-justice-india-north-america-australia/.

Official Documents

  1. India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions – Towards Climate Justice. 2015. UNFCCC. https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/ndcstaging/PublishedDocuments/India%20First/INDIA%20INDC%20TO%20UNFCCC.pdf.
  2. PIB Release. 2015. “India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution is Balanced and Comprehensive: Environment Minister.” Oct. 2, 2015. https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=128403 (cached).

Presentations

  1. MoEFCC, Government of India. “India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions – Towards Climate Justice.”
  2. Sagar, Ambuj. 2011. “Furthering Climate Justice: Protecting the Vulnerable, Compensation for Impacts.” Presented at MoEF­–Centre for Science and Environment event titled ‘The imperative of equity for an effective climate agreement.’ Durban, Dec. 5, 2011. https://cdn.cseindia.org/userfiles/Ambuj-Justice-for-all-A-Sagar-05-12-2011.pdf.

Projects

  1. Center for Science and the Imagination. “Climate Justice in India.” (Upcoming Book Project.) Arizona State University. Sep. 30, 2019. https://csi.asu.edu/climate-justice-india/.
  2. Gaia Education. “Regenerative Strategies for Climate Justice in Odisha.” Apr. 1, 2014 to Oct. 31, 2016. India PBL 2014-16. https://www.gaiaeducation.org/project-based-learning/india/

Videos

  1. Al Jazeera. 2019. “Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva: Fight for climate justice.” Dec. 28, 2019. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2019/12/indian-environmentalist-vandana-shiva-fight-climate-justice-191228004940555.html.

Miscellaneous

  1. India Climate Justice Forum. 2002. “Delhi Climate Justice Declaration.” Nov. 1, 2002. http://www.indiaresource.org/issues/energycc/2003/delhicjdeclare.html.
  2. Manuj Bhardwaj (Thesis). 2018. “The role and relationship of climate justice and common but differentiated responsibilities & respective capabilities (CBDR-RC) principle in the international climate change legal framework: Historical evaluation, developments, challenges & future outlooks of CBDR-RC principle & climate justice.” United Nations University & Maastricht University. https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/files/publications/Climate%20Justice_Manuj%20Bhardwaj%20India_0.pdf.
  3. Some Indian climate justice activists and organisations, “Memorandum to the Government of India on the UNFCCC’s 15th Conference of the Parties at Copenhagen.” South Asia Citizens Web, Nov. 24, 2009. http://www.sacw.net/article1246.html.
  4. India Climate Justice Collective. 2015. Mausam …talking climate in public space. Issue 5. https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f91b651f7fecdf835b57dc11d/files/Rec_Mausam.pdf.

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