India may push for reducing carbon emissions in COP 26

COP-26 will be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November in partnership with Italy, chaired by the UK. The high-level segment of COP-26 is titled World Leaders Summit (WLS).

Union environment ministry sources said last week that in COP 26, New Delhi may push for reducing carbon emissions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi – who is in Rome – will travel to Glasgow to attend the COP-26 World Leaders Summit at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the invitation of the UK Prime Minister. , Boris Johnson.

PM Modi last attended COP-21 in Paris in 2015, when the Paris Agreement was concluded, and its implementation began this year.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has held several bilateral meetings with other countries in the recent past.

Sources in the ministry told ANI, “India has historically accounted for 4.5 per cent of total emissions and for this to really work, developed countries should do it before 2050. There should be a compensation mechanism and the expenditure should be brought in by developed countries.” “

Talking about carbon emissions, China emits 8.4 tonnes per capita while the US emits 18.6 tonnes per capita. The European Union emits 7.16 tonnes.

COP-26 will be attended by heads of state/government from more than 120 countries. COP-26 was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 but was postponed to 2021 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The UNFCCC embodies the global will and vision to tackle climate change. The periodic conference of the Parties to this Convention has emerged as the Global Climate Summit, providing an opportunity for stocktaking and deciding the way forward.

“India is taking ambitious action in energy efficiency measures, biofuels, sustainable transport, e-vehicles, green cover and sustainable agriculture,” Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav said during a virtual high-level climate meeting. The President of the 76th UNGA on Tuesday

He also mentioned that India has initiated National Hydrogen Mission for production and export of Green Hydrogen.

“We have reduced the emission intensity of GDP by 24 percent between 2005 and 2016, achieving our pre-2020 voluntary target. Our 2030 targets under the Paris Agreement are considered ambitious and in line with the Paris Agreement targets. We are on the way to achieve those goals,” the minister said, according to an official release.

Underlining that India has set an ambitious target of 450 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Yadav said that it may be noted that at present, “we have a total installed capacity of 389 GW. We have already made 155 GW of non-renewable energy”. – Fossil fuel installed capacity has been achieved. So far. We are accelerating action and we are confident that we will achieve this ambitious target by 2030.”

In COP-26, the parties will work to meet the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement; mobilizing climate finance; Action to strengthen climate adaptation, technology development and transfer; and to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming.

The Prime Minister will hold a number of bilateral meetings during COP-26, including with the Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson.

A new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) warns that the current commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions will still keep the planet on track for an average temperature of 2.7 °C.

The Emissions Gap Report 2021 shows that the updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – each country’s efforts to reduce national emissions, as well as other commitments made for 2030 – have yet to be officially presented. There will be a shortfall of only an additional 7.5 percent. Annual greenhouse emissions in 2030 compared with previous commitments.

The world needs a 55 percent reduction to limit the rise in global temperature to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the agency, which scientists define as low-risk sequences for the future of our planet and humanity.

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