Carbon emission from Energy Supply Sector
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 4th Assessment Report published in 2007, has found that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have grown since pre-industrial times, with an increase of 70% between 1970 and 2004. The largest growth in global GHG emission during this period has come from the energy supply sector.
The Government is aware of implications of the climate change in India and Government has released National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on 30th June 2008 which outlines a strategy to meet the challenge of Climate Change through a combination of sectoral measures taken by government in consultation with various stakeholders including state governments. Besides, Government has taken several steps to respond to climate change through a range of policies and programmes, which inter-alia include:-
i. ensuring energy conservation and improved energy efficiency in various sectors as well as setting up of Bureau of Energy Efficiency
ii. promoting use of renewable energy
iii. power sector reforms and active renewable energy programme
iv. use of cleaner and lesser carbon intensive fuel for transport
v. fuel switching to cleaner energy
vi. afforestation and conservation of forests
vii. promotion of clean coal technologies
viii. reduction of gas flaring
ix. encouraging Mass Rapid Transport system
x. environmental quality management for all sectors
India has also developed programmes relating to adaptation to climate variability, in the areas of agriculture, water resources, health and sanitation, forests and coastal zone infrastructure.
India’s Initial National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change submitted in 2004 has reported CO2 equivalent emissions from all energy & industrial processes and agriculture sector were 69% and 28% respectively, in the year 1994. This information was given by the Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and currently looking after Ministry of Environment and Forests in a return reply to question by Shri Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha and Ravi Shankar Prasad in the Rajya Sabha today.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 4th Assessment Report published in 2007, has found that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have grown since pre-industrial times, with an increase of 70% between 1970 and 2004. The largest growth in global GHG emission during this period has come from the energy supply sector.
The Government is aware of implications of the climate change in India and Government has released National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on 30th June 2008 which outlines a strategy to meet the challenge of Climate Change through a combination of sectoral measures taken by government in consultation with various stakeholders including state governments. Besides, Government has taken several steps to respond to climate change through a range of policies and programmes, which inter-alia include:-
i. ensuring energy conservation and improved energy efficiency in various sectors as well as setting up of Bureau of Energy Efficiency
ii. promoting use of renewable energy
iii. power sector reforms and active renewable energy programme
iv. use of cleaner and lesser carbon intensive fuel for transport
v. fuel switching to cleaner energy
vi. afforestation and conservation of forests
vii. promotion of clean coal technologies
viii. reduction of gas flaring
ix. encouraging Mass Rapid Transport system
x. environmental quality management for all sectors
India has also developed programmes relating to adaptation to climate variability, in the areas of agriculture, water resources, health and sanitation, forests and coastal zone infrastructure.
India’s Initial National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change submitted in 2004 has reported CO2 equivalent emissions from all energy & industrial processes and agriculture sector were 69% and 28% respectively, in the year 1994. This information was given by the Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and currently looking after Ministry of Environment and Forests in a return reply to question by Shri Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha and Ravi Shankar Prasad in the Rajya Sabha today.
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