The non-profit Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), 32 countries had proposed intention to achieve carbon neutral status by mid-century. Should India follow this trend of carbon neutrality declarations? Comment (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 4 years
KEY POINTS
The impetus for such declarations arises from Article 4.1 of the Paris Agreement, Parties aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, peaking will take longer for developing country Parties, and to undertake rapid reductions thereafter in accordance with best available science.
India’s stand
· India clearly should not join this game of carbon neutrality declarations, for a number of reasons.
· India has to stay focused on development both as its immediate need as well as its aspirational goal.
· While sustainability is desirable, the question of how low India’s future low-carbon development can be is highly uncertain.
· India’s current low carbon footprint is a consequence of the utter poverty and deprivation of a majority of its population, and not by virtue of sustainability.
· India does not owe a carbon debt to the world. India’s emissions (non-LULUCF) are no more than 3.5% of global cumulative emissions prior to 1990 and about 5% since till 2018.
· Nor are India’s current annual emissions such as to seriously dent the emissions gap between what the world needs and the current level of mitigation effort.
· India’s twin burden of low-carbon development and adaptation to climate impacts, requires serious, concerted action.
· India’s approach to eventual net-zero emissions is contingent on deep first world emissions reductions and an adequate and unambiguous global carbon budget.
· India must reject any attempt to restrict its options and be led into a low-development trap, based on pseudo-scientific narratives.
Saravanan 4 years
Pls review
Soni Kumari 4 years
Please review sir
