{"id":100818,"date":"2021-04-10T08:32:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T03:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=100818"},"modified":"2021-04-10T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T16:22:39","slug":"indias-policy-towards-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-policy-towards-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s policy towards Climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India adopted a liberal policy towards climate change in the pandemic era. This might generate significant negative impacts, thus demanding a comprehensive review.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently a meeting took place between U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry and PM Narendra Modi. The U.S has shown commitment to support India\u2019s initiatives to combat climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this, a demand has been raised to review India\u2019s policy towards climate change and consider the proposal of adopting a net-zero emission target.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a situation in which a country balances its emissions with sufficient removal measures.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Should India adopt Net Zero Emission Target<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Arguments in Favour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is among the top 5 largest emitters of carbon dioxide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An increase in intense storms, drought, and heat waves is seen in India due to enhanced climate change.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Arguments against adoption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A substantial cost would be incurred towards this strategy. It can hamper India\u2019s socio-economic programs. The country needs to focus on millions of people that live in energy poverty and underdevelopment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is not a legacy emitter like the U.S, U.K, etc. Legacy emitters have a greater responsibility towards climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, whether it adopts a net-zero emission target or not, a review of the present approach is desired.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Why Government needs to review its policies?<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government took various decisions (especially during the Covid pandemic) that will hamper the environment and enhance climate change. This includes:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving approval to projects that might hamper the environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extending the deadline for coal plants to adopt strict pollution control.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drafting liberal environmental impact assessment norms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, the strategy of imposing a higher tax on fuel prices is not paying a significant environmental dividend. Rather the poor are facing undue problems due to rising inflationary pressures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Way Forward<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India should come up with a <\/span><b>comprehensive domestic climate plan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before the next UN Convention on Climate Change.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It should have reduction targets for every sector<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It should enlighten the citizens towards the government\u2019s green development path for the next decade<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such a plan will induce the biggest historical contributors (U.S, U.K, Europe, etc.) to do more reduction. It will provide greater support to the developing countries.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should provide more funds and technology as per the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meanwhile, India can impose<\/span><b> an emission tax <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on luxury items like air conditioners, big properties or aviation, etc. The collected proceeds can then be used for specified green development outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G758FA4TB.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: India adopted a liberal policy towards climate change in the pandemic era. This might generate significant negative impacts, thus demanding a comprehensive review. Background: Recently a meeting took place between U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry and PM Narendra Modi. The U.S has shown commitment to support India\u2019s initiatives to combat climate&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-policy-towards-climate-change\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s policy towards Climate change<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1304],"class_list":["post-100818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-env_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700805410,"cached_date":1703703430},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}