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The aim of this paper is to describe the key elements of India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), and the key areas in which efforts would need to be necessarily made to move along a path that helps achieve the INDC goals. The paper focuses on the national circumstances of the country and the key policy areas against which these have been laid out. The paper also discusses the challenges and barriers as well as the opportunities that India has in moving towards its INDC targets and discusses the feasibility of achieving the INDC targets. Finally, the paper discusses the need for greater cooperation to accelerate technology diffusion, mobilize finance and enhance capacity building at a regional or international level.
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MARKAL is a dynamic Linear Programming energy system model that has been used to represent India’s energy system and depict alternative energy pathways over the period 2001–2051.
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http://energysavers.co.in/?page_id=129 (accessed on 19 Dec. 16).
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Mathur, R., Shrivastava, M.K. (2017). INDC and Low-Carbon Technology Deployment Scenarios: India. In: Anbumozhi, V., Kalirajan, K. (eds) Globalization of Low-Carbon Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4901-9_3
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