(The article first appeared in The Times of India on November 6, 2021)
- As a young journalist I learned not to take Five Year Plans seriously. Fancy plan targets were routinely missed but shrugged off since they carried no penalties. Are climate targets being discussed at the COP26 climate summit any different? If five-year targets cannot be taken seriously, why believe targets 30-50 years away? I think climate challenges will be met, but not because of summits and global idealism…
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