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Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Climate change: Can India meet its targets?
India is the third-largest carbon emitter in the world after China and the US. It is one of the 140 or so countries that promised not to add the overall amount of greenhouse gases by 2050 to keep the temperature rise to 1.5C. At the COP26 summit, India has just promised to increase the non-fossil fuel electric power sources to 50% by 2030, which is now around 20%. Also, it intends to bring a third of the land under forest cover by limiting deforestation and promoting tree plantation. The nation also set an emissions intensity target, which measures emissions per unit of economic growth. That seems to justify the overall increase of greenhouse gas emissions while developing the economy of India’s world’s largest population in the next few decades. Indeed, a fall in carbon emission intensity does not actually reduce overall emissions. India still heavily depends on coal-based power for economic growth and people’s lives. How seriously will the democratically elected parliament members work on climate change? Environment or election?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about India’s environmental challenges.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58922398
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