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29/08/22 22:14 PM IST

India updates its NDC to tackle climate crisis

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  • India has formally updated its nationally determined contribution (NDC) to fight climate change.
New and old target 
  • Original Target: A total of 40% of the installed capacity for electricity will be from non-fossil fuel sources.
  • New Target: 50% by 2030 (with help from international finance (Global climate fund) and transfer of technology
  • Original Target: To reduce the emissions intensity of the GDP by 33-35% (from the 2005 level)
  • New Target: 45% of GDP by 2030
  • New target added: Propagating a sustainable way of living: mass movement for ‘LIFE- Lifestyle for environment’ using traditions and values of conservation.
  • India also promised an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by the year 2030.
UNFCCC 
  • UNFCCC stands for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
  • The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change.
  • The Convention has near universal membership (197 Parties) and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The UNFCCC is also the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
Source- Hindustan Times 

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