Abstract
The 1972 Stockholm declaration on the human environment led to constitution of first-generation conventions such as CITES, CMS, and WHC followed by the second-generation conventions such as CBD and UNFCCC that were adopted post 1991 as an outcome of Earth Summit and led to the development of holistic approaches to conservation reflecting the sensitivities of poverty, rural development, equal participation, sustainable use, education, and awareness. The UNFCCC makes it obligatory on all signatories to develop, publish, periodically update, and make available national inventory of GHGs, steps taken or envisaged to implement the Convention. India submitted its Initial National Communication (INC) to the UNFCCC in UNFCCC website https://unfccc.int entailing emissions inventory of 1994. Second National Communication (SNC) was submitted to the UNFCCC in 2012 wherein GHG inventory for the year 2000 was reported and a summary of GHG inventory for the year 2007 was provided as a proactive measure. Thereafter, India submitted its first and second biennial updated reports to the UNFCCC in 2015 and 2018, respectively, in accordance with the decision taken in the 16th session of the CoP to the UNFCCC.
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India submitted its Initial National Communication (INC) to the UNFCCC in 2004 entailing emissions inventory of 1994. Second National Communication (SNC) was submitted to the UNFCCC in 2012 wherein GHG inventory for the year 2000 was reported. In addition, a summary of GHG inventory of the year 2007 was provided as a proactive measure.
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(Source India, MoE 2004).
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India’s per capita share of CO2 emission in 1994 was 4% of the USA, 8% of Germany, 9% of UK, 10% of Japan, and 23% of the global average.
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CO2 emissions from biomass fuels were treated as carbon neutral in the report and therefore not included in the national totals.
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IPCC – or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the United Nations body established to assess the science and related aspects of climate change.
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CO2 emissions from biomass fuels were treated as carbon neutral in the report and therefore not included in the national totals.
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In 2010, the installed capacity of renewable energy-based grid-interactive power-generating units was 35,777 megawatts.
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Ujala Scheme.
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(Rajeevan et al. 2008).
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Srivastav, A. (2021). Climate Mitigation and India’s Commitment to Global Community. In: Energy Dynamics and Climate Mitigation. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8940-9_4
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