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4 Climate Mitigation and India’s Commitment to Global Community
400 million incandescent lamps including 30 million streetlamps in the country
and save 18,400 million units per year.
vi The telecom regulatory authority of India pledged to use renewable energy
technologies and grid power for at least 50% rural and 20% urban towers by
2015 to be scaled up to 75% rural and 33% urban towers by 2020. In addition,
the authority asked the service providers for adopting energy-efficient network
planning, adoption of renewable energy, and development of energy-efficient
technologies.
vii An auto fuel policy was introduced in 2003 to address the energy and environmental challenges in the automobile industry. Accordingly, fuel efficiency
norms have been introduced from time to time to address energy and environment concerns. A national electric mobility mission plan 2020 has been
developed to increase the share of CNG vehicles to 30–35% by 2020 as well
as to increase electric vehicles.
viii An initiative on climate resilient agriculture (NICRA) was adopted in 2011 to
make farmers adapt to climate change, improve crop production, reduce GHG
emission, and sustainable management of natural resources.
ix Substantial reduction in diversion of forest land (from 4.13 million hectare
between 1951 and 1976 to 1.133 million hectares between 1980 and 2011) has
improved carbon content in forests trees and soil.
x Improve one million hectare each of open (less than 10% crown canopy) and
medium dense (between 10 and 40% crown canopy) to next higher category.
xi Sixty cities to be developed as solar/green cities.
xii India made a voluntary pledge in 2010 to reduce the emission intensity of
its GDP by 20–25% from 2005 levels by 2020 (excluding emissions from
agriculture).
4.6 Second Biennial Report by India—2018
The second biennial updated report was submitted by India to the UNFCCC in 2018
(MoEFCC 2018). The report contains the following major components with GHG
inventory for the year 2010:
(f) National circumstances
(g) National greenhouse gas inventory
(h) Mitigation actions
(i) Domestic monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) arrangement
(j) Finance, technology, and capacity building needs and support received
(k) Additional information.
As compared with the first biennial report where inventory for the year 2010 was
provided, the second report cover data till 2014. India’s net GHG emission registered
marginal decline from 2,136,841.24 gigagram of CO 2 equivalent (2,136.8 million
tons of CO 2 eq.) in 2010 to 2,607,488 Gg from the energy, industrial processes and
4 Climate Mitigation and India’s Commitment to Global Community
400 million incandescent lamps including 30 million streetlamps in the country
and save 18,400 million units per year.
vi The telecom regulatory authority of India pledged to use renewable energy
technologies and grid power for at least 50% rural and 20% urban towers by
2015 to be scaled up to 75% rural and 33% urban towers by 2020. In addition,
the authority asked the service providers for adopting energy-efficient network
planning, adoption of renewable energy, and development of energy-efficient
technologies.
vii An auto fuel policy was introduced in 2003 to address the energy and environmental challenges in the automobile industry. Accordingly, fuel efficiency
norms have been introduced from time to time to address energy and environment concerns. A national electric mobility mission plan 2020 has been
developed to increase the share of CNG vehicles to 30–35% by 2020 as well
as to increase electric vehicles.
viii An initiative on climate resilient agriculture (NICRA) was adopted in 2011 to
make farmers adapt to climate change, improve crop production, reduce GHG
emission, and sustainable management of natural resources.
ix Substantial reduction in diversion of forest land (from 4.13 million hectare
between 1951 and 1976 to 1.133 million hectares between 1980 and 2011) has
improved carbon content in forests trees and soil.
x Improve one million hectare each of open (less than 10% crown canopy) and
medium dense (between 10 and 40% crown canopy) to next higher category.
xi Sixty cities to be developed as solar/green cities.
xii India made a voluntary pledge in 2010 to reduce the emission intensity of
its GDP by 20–25% from 2005 levels by 2020 (excluding emissions from
agriculture).
4.6 Second Biennial Report by India—2018
The second biennial updated report was submitted by India to the UNFCCC in 2018
(MoEFCC 2018). The report contains the following major components with GHG
inventory for the year 2010:
(f) National circumstances
(g) National greenhouse gas inventory
(h) Mitigation actions
(i) Domestic monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) arrangement
(j) Finance, technology, and capacity building needs and support received
(k) Additional information.
As compared with the first biennial report where inventory for the year 2010 was
provided, the second report cover data till 2014. India’s net GHG emission registered
marginal decline from 2,136,841.24 gigagram of CO 2 equivalent (2,136.8 million
tons of CO 2 eq.) in 2010 to 2,607,488 Gg from the energy, industrial processes and