According to CEEW report, India's climate policies are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 4 billion tonnes by 2030.
National
According to the latest
report by the New Delhi (Delhi)-based independent climate think tank, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India's current climate policies are expected to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by around 4 billion tonnes between 2020 and 2030.
- This key finding of the report is important considering India, the fast-developing South Asian country, now the world's 5th largest economy, had pledged to reducing emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030 at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Glasgow, Scotland in 2021.
Main Points:- (i) The report showed that policies designed for India's power, residential, and transport sectors have already saved 440 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) between 2015 and 2020.
(ii) As per the report, the policies promoting renewable energy only in the power sector are projected to drive a 24% decline in coal-based power generation by 2030, relative to a no-policy scenario.
About Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)- Arunabha Ghosh
Ghosh Headquarters: New Delhi
____________________________
