India's emission intensity reduced by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019: Govt report
The Hindu
India reduced its GDP emission intensity by 33% between 2005-2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance. The energy sector accounted for the max. share of emissions (75.81%), followed by agriculture (13.44%), industrial process & product use (8.41%), and waste (2.34%). India created an additional carbon sink of 1.97 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent. PM Modi proposed to host the UN climate talks in India in 2028. India is on track to achieve its NDC targets, reducing emissions intensity by 45% by 2030 and becoming net zero by 2070.
India reduced its GDP emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance, according to a government report.
The report also said India's GDP grew at a cumulative annual growth rate of 7 per cent but its emissions rose by only 4 per cent per year during this period, suggesting that the country has been successful in decoupling its economic growth from planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
The report called 'The Third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change' will be submitted to the UN climate change body during the ongoing climate talks in Dubai, officials said.
National communications contain information on a country's greenhouse gas emissions, its vulnerability to climate change, and the measures any country is taking to mitigate emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
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Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that India reduced its GDP emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance. India created an additional carbon sink of 1.97 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent during this period.
However, the country's total emissions (including the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry sector) have increased by 4.56 per cent with respect to 2016.
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