Despite being the home to more than a sixth of humanity, India contributed just around 4% of cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide since the pre-industrial era. In this context, analyze how far should India commit itself to Net Zero targets. (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· Despite the net zero campaign by a number of countries and non-state actors, the timing of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions reaching net zero is not the critical parameter for the safety of humanity.
· India’s per capita emissions are less than half the world average, less than one-eighth of the U.S.’s, and have shown no dramatic increase like China’s post 2000.
· The global carbon budget has been subject to no such restriction allowing the developed countries to exploit it fully, in the past and the present.
· It enables the responsible use of coal, its major fossil fuel resource, and oil and gas, to bootstrap itself out of lower middle-income economy status and eradicate poverty, hunger and malnutrition for good.
· The agriculture sector, the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions for India after energy, needs to double its productivity and farmers’ incomes and build resilience.
· Without restriction of their future cumulative emissions by the big emitters, to their fair share of the global carbon budget, and the corresponding temperature target that they correspond to made clear, India cannot sign on to net zero.
Shashank Singh 3 years
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The second part of the answer can be explained elaborately. Good Attempt. Keep writing.
Rajalakshmi 3 years
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Good attempt. Try to address why India can't commit to the target. Keep writing.
RAJA MOHAMED 3 years
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Nivetha 3 years
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