Climate Policy Scenario in India
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Climate Policy Scenario in India. Neha Pahuja [email protected]. Outline. India: developmental challenges & growing emissions India: mitigation policy scenario Increased efforts: NAPCC, Copenhagen Pledge India: key negotiating position. India: development indicators. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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India: developmental challenges & growing emissions
India: mitigation policy scenario Increased efforts: NAPCC, Copenhagen Pledge India: key negotiating position
India: development indicatorsIndia: development indicators Rapid economic growth
Development of Infrastructure (Roads, Railways, Power, Electricity transmission, Water supply)
Electricity for all by 2012
Galloping mobility demands
Stagnating domestic production of energy resources
Budgetary constraints
India: the energy challengeIndia: the energy challenge Approximately 470 million Indians live without electricity -
almost 8% of World Population Traditional biomass is the primary cooking fuel for over 700
million Indians 80% of the population is below the income level $2 a day
respectively Low HDI due to lack of access to commercial energy - illiteracy,
poor health India’s per capita commercial energy consumption is about 20%
of the world average, 4% that of the US and 28% that of China To uplift the bottom sections of its society, India needs a
sustained GDP growth of 8 - 9 % every year for the next 25 years - this is not possible without Provisions of Modern Energy
India: Emissions ProfileIndia: Emissions Profile
Source: INCCA Workshop, May-2010
Trends: Future ProjectionsTrends: Future Projections
Source: MoEF, September-2009
India’s plans and targetsIndia’s plans and targets
Source: FICCI Task Force on Climate Change: December 2007
Increased efforts- 24 initiativesIncreased efforts- 24 initiatives
Source: MoEF, January, 2010
PM council on climate change in actionPM council on climate change in action
June 30, 2008- PM releases India’s first National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
Outlines existing and future policies and programs to address climate mitigation and adaptation
Identifies eight core-national missions (through 2017)
Pledges that India’s per capita GHG emissions will at no point exceed that of developed countries
Long-term convergence of per capita emission
In addition: Copenhagen Pledge-20-25% intensity target (Low carbon committee)
Eight MissionsEight Missions
India & NAMAsIndia & NAMAs Global issues
– Negotiations inconclusive and ambiguous on implementation issues
– Uncertainty over Kyoto commitments and instruments– Uncertainties about carbon market mechanisms– No significant progress on definitional issues pertaining
to NAMAs
India & NAMAs - IIIndia & NAMAs - II
India’s Stand– Voluntary, legally non-binding, guided by over-riding
development priorities - No ‘peaking year’ for emissions– Emphasis on public funds - essential for financial
sustainability– Multilateral mechanism for technology transfer,
accelerated adoption, capacity-building, and support networks
Where do we go ..Where do we go ..
•Different proposals- domestic, supported, credited, sectoral…•ICA/MRV/ or both.. But what is it?•Linkages with other mechanism- Green Climate fund, technology mechanism, CDM…?•Private sector participation?
