In the fight to tackle the growing issue of climate change, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is largely the ultimate policy solution available and negotiated upon right now. Climate change in India attributes to gradual changes in our human activities ranging from urban transitions (rural to urban) to energy transitions (non-renewable to renewable). Therefore, in order to achieve net-zero emissions in the coming future, a complete renewable energy-based system demands newer technologies such as Carbon Capture and Storage. This transition to a low-carbon pathway stems from its ability to avoid carbon dioxide emissions and sticking to the average global temperature increase to 2°C. The unabated use of non-renewable sources is on the rise and feeding the urban communities is already emerging as a challenge for a variety of reasons. Ergo, urban development is what most of the nation’s development goals today stress upon. India followed by China and the USA is the third largest polluter through the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and also responsible for 6.9% of total global emissions. Henceforth, it’s active role in determining the course of global climate actions to achieve our Sustainable Development Goals through sustainable practices is worth paying attention to. Our traditional climate policies seek to target on reducing greenhouse gas emissions (SDG 13) along with the ‘added-benefit’ of improved air quality, good health and well-being (SDG3), facilitate clean and sustainable energy (SDG 7), boosts economic growth (SDG 8), sustainable cities (SDG 11) and many more – an emission mitigation strategy attributing to the achievement of our SDGS: ‘killing two birds with one stone.’ The impact intensifies when technology combined with our available sources leads to intended policy outputs for the nation. The post-2007 period witnessed a gradual shift in India’s climate change policy. The constitution of the high-powered Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change in 2007 to coordinate the national action for assessment, adaptation and mitigation was perceived as a pragmatic step. Eventually, the unilateral launch of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change on 30 June 2008 clearly exhibited India’s solemn commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The ‘National Action Plan on Climate Change’ of 2008 seeks to identify measures that help us in achieving development objectives along with ensuring energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources. This means that though development remains India’s central priority, the focus has shifted to climate mitigation as a by-product of developmental activity. Every SDG goal is directly or indirectly related and climate co-benefits help in ameliorating poverty, hunger, improving health and hygiene which means that if we aim at climate action (SDG 13), the other goals eventually fall into place. The present article seeks to dive into India’s current climate change policy and to integrate climate change measures such as CCS into federal planning policies and strategies. It initiates with an introduction to India’s climate policy and enquires the necessity to incorporate CCS as a mitigation strategy in the current scenario. Due to its commercial availability and little or no progress on its deployment, the usability of CCS is not so profound in India as compared to its unabated counter-technologies. However, an integration of CCS technology into our climate change policy becomes absolutely necessary for us to align national policies with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Understanding the Role of India’s Climate Policy in achieving the SDGs through Long-term Viability of CCS / Aditi, Anwesha. - (2022). (Intervento presentato al convegno Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-16) tenutosi a Lyon, France).
Understanding the Role of India’s Climate Policy in achieving the SDGs through Long-term Viability of CCS
Anwesha Aditi
Primo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2022
Abstract
In the fight to tackle the growing issue of climate change, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is largely the ultimate policy solution available and negotiated upon right now. Climate change in India attributes to gradual changes in our human activities ranging from urban transitions (rural to urban) to energy transitions (non-renewable to renewable). Therefore, in order to achieve net-zero emissions in the coming future, a complete renewable energy-based system demands newer technologies such as Carbon Capture and Storage. This transition to a low-carbon pathway stems from its ability to avoid carbon dioxide emissions and sticking to the average global temperature increase to 2°C. The unabated use of non-renewable sources is on the rise and feeding the urban communities is already emerging as a challenge for a variety of reasons. Ergo, urban development is what most of the nation’s development goals today stress upon. India followed by China and the USA is the third largest polluter through the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and also responsible for 6.9% of total global emissions. Henceforth, it’s active role in determining the course of global climate actions to achieve our Sustainable Development Goals through sustainable practices is worth paying attention to. Our traditional climate policies seek to target on reducing greenhouse gas emissions (SDG 13) along with the ‘added-benefit’ of improved air quality, good health and well-being (SDG3), facilitate clean and sustainable energy (SDG 7), boosts economic growth (SDG 8), sustainable cities (SDG 11) and many more – an emission mitigation strategy attributing to the achievement of our SDGS: ‘killing two birds with one stone.’ The impact intensifies when technology combined with our available sources leads to intended policy outputs for the nation. The post-2007 period witnessed a gradual shift in India’s climate change policy. The constitution of the high-powered Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change in 2007 to coordinate the national action for assessment, adaptation and mitigation was perceived as a pragmatic step. Eventually, the unilateral launch of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change on 30 June 2008 clearly exhibited India’s solemn commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The ‘National Action Plan on Climate Change’ of 2008 seeks to identify measures that help us in achieving development objectives along with ensuring energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources. This means that though development remains India’s central priority, the focus has shifted to climate mitigation as a by-product of developmental activity. Every SDG goal is directly or indirectly related and climate co-benefits help in ameliorating poverty, hunger, improving health and hygiene which means that if we aim at climate action (SDG 13), the other goals eventually fall into place. The present article seeks to dive into India’s current climate change policy and to integrate climate change measures such as CCS into federal planning policies and strategies. It initiates with an introduction to India’s climate policy and enquires the necessity to incorporate CCS as a mitigation strategy in the current scenario. Due to its commercial availability and little or no progress on its deployment, the usability of CCS is not so profound in India as compared to its unabated counter-technologies. However, an integration of CCS technology into our climate change policy becomes absolutely necessary for us to align national policies with the Sustainable Development Goals.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.