Data Requirements and Statistical Challenges for Designing Climate Friendly Energy Policies in Multilateral Framework

Ulaganathan Sankar

Working Papers from Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India

Abstract: India needs reliable good quality database and methodologies for designing, implementing and monitoring climate-friendly policies. This paper focuses on the database needs for policies in the context of multilateral frameworks. It provides suggestions to the Central Statistical Organization (CSO for improving the adequacy and quality of environmental statistics relating to climate change in India for designing climate-friendly policies, assessing economic, social and environmental impacts of mitigation and adaptation programmes, and articulating India’s concerns and trade-offs in different multilateral forums.

Keywords: Climate Change; Indian Agriculture; Environmental Valuation; Spatial Econometrics; Adaptation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q54 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2009-04
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Working Paper: DATA REQUIREMENTS AND STATISTICAL CHALLENGES FOR DESIGNING CLIMATE FRIENDLY ENERGY POLICIES IN MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK (2009)
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