Reconsidering India’s Traditional Position on Climate Change India has traditionally opposed the imposition of emissions reduction obligations on developing countries based on the argument that since global warming is caused by the accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere, and since this stock is overwhelmingly due to the activities of the developed countries as they industrialised, the burden of re. [...] Some of the actions are in the domain of the central government, others in the domain of the state governments, and some even in that of local governments. [...] Building New Power Infrastructure and Augmenting the Electricity Markets The shift to renewable electricity will involve a major change in the geographical concentration of electricity production towards the West, where solar irradiance is higher and the South where wind power is more easily tapped due to the nearness of the sea. [...] This often takes the form of public sector discoms being “persuaded” to limit the demand for raising tariffs by exaggerating the pace at which efficiency can be improved! The political pressure on state governments to keep electricity prices low is understandable but it is important to explain to the public that it is inherently unsustainable.23 The states also need to strengthen the regulatory au. [...] The 2050 date is derived from the IPCC (2018) assessment that if the global temperature rise above pre industrial levels is to be limited to +1.5°C by the end of the century, the remaining carbon budget for the world is limited, and the global CO2 emissions must start to decline at the earliest and reach net zero by around 2050.
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