India says it is set to reach emission goal on time -Jayanta Basu

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published Published on Dec 4, 2018   modified Modified on Dec 4, 2018
-The Telegraph

Country is also on track to having 40 per cent installed electric power from non-fossil fuel sources: Harsh Vardhan

Katowice (Poland):
India is on track to achieving its 2030 targets to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, environment minister Harsh Vardhan asserted at a global climate summit on Monday and asked developed countries to enhance their actions.

Vardhan, speaking on the summit’s first day, said the issue of restructuring targets would hinge on whether developed countries delivered on their pledges to slash their own emissions and provided finance to developing countries under the 2015 Paris agreement.

Several scientific reports, including one from the United Nations Environment Programme, have emphasised that the world needs to restructure, or revise, the emissions targets set voluntarily by each country to prevent the global average temperature rising beyond a critical 1.5°C.

“India has already achieved a 21 per cent reduction in the emissions intensity of its GDP from the 2005 level, against a target of 33 to 35 per cent by 2030 — and the food and agricultural sector has not even been accounted into this,” the minister said. “India is also on track to having 40 per cent installed electric power from non-fossil fuel sources despite its priorities to deliver electricity to all.”

He added that India had expanded its forest cover by one per cent.

The developed countries should first meet their commitments of reducing their emissions and supporting developing countries with finance and technology to address climate change issues, the minister said.

Climate negotiators from over 190 countries have gathered in this southern Poland town to hammer out guidelines and rules for implementing the Paris agreement, which seeks to cap the global average temperature rise to below 2°C.

India’s call to the developed countries comes amid concerns over US President Donald Trump’s express intention to withdraw his country from the Paris agreement — and thus from the emissions cuts the US had pledged under former President Barack Obama.

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The Telegraph, 4 December, 2018, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/india-says-it-is-set-to-reach-emission-goal-on-time/cid/1677562?ref=india_india-page


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