This is because climate politics looks different in the developing world; it will shape Indian elections in definitive but under-the-radar ways.
Similarly, stump speeches throughout this campaign season have not featured climate change as a central issue.
The headwinds of climate change are absorbed by the electoral machine and emerge as end-of-tailpipe policies rather than grand climate strategy.
This pattern of climate politics is reinforced by seemingly low recognition in India of climate change as a problem.
The climate impacts buffeting the most populous nation on earth aren’t just a domestic issue — they’re an international one.
Persons:
Aditya Valiathan Pillai Nadeem Z, Aditya Valiathan Pillai, Read, New Delhi CNN —, Amarjeet Kumar Singh, Kabir Jhangiani, Narendra Modi, Stump, Pawan Sharma, Tamanna Dalal
Organizations:
New, New Delhi CNN, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP
Locations:
New Delhi, India, Bangalore, Silicon, Karnataka, Mumbai, Delhi, sunburnt, Uttar Pradesh, China, Australia, Agra, Maharashtra, North Bengal, Bengal