An Indian climate czar

India needs a dedicated, high-level climate team

The United Nations’ Conference of Parties summit to deal with climate change, COP26, is fast approaching. The summit is to be held in Glasgow and a great deal of speculation has been attached to whether the Government of India will be in a position to revise the commitments, under the nationally determined contributions (NDC) scheme, that it had made at the Paris summit in 2015. Several major emitters, including the United States, the European Union, and the People’s Republic of China, have done so. The Indian government, however — with some justification — has argued that the greater climate ambition