In the wake of rising global temperature, India is faring the worst among the G20 nations, reported Climate Transparency’s (CT) the Brown to Green Report 2019. Although India has the most formidable ‘Nationally Determined Contributions’ (NDCs) plan, it is having difficulty in coping with the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set by the G20 nations.
Crux of the Matter
G20 nations account for 80% of the world’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Those nations witnessed around 16,000 deaths and $142 bn economic losses due to climate degradation.
India, accounting for a high number of deaths due to climate change, was grouped with Russia, Germany, Italy, and France, which have on average 3,661 annually.
The 1.5 degree Celsius ceiling was decided by G20 citing its implications like a 70% reduction of ill-effects of climate change on G20 nations, decreased drought length, and decreased number of days with a temperature higher than 35 degrees Celsius.
India’s NDCs could have met 1.5 degree Celsius limit if it cut down on its coal-fired power plants for renewable energy.
However, India, right now, is the only nation among G20 which is close to 1.5 degrees Celsius rise in the temperature, pressing a need for revving up the measures to cope with climate degradation.
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The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), dealing with greenhouse-gas-emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance, signed in 2016. The Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal is to keep the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels; and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 °C, recognizing that this would substantially reduce the risks and impacts of climate change. Read More
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