INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (INDC)
INDCs are voluntary contributions which every country, irrespective of its developmental status, has to pledge in order to conserve the environment.
WHEN WAS INDC ADOPTED?
Paris Climate Deal (CoP 21 OF UNFCCC), 2015.
INDIA’S INDCs (2015)
Also known as a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), India’s first pledge had 3 primary targets.
- The first was to reduce emissions intensity of the economy (emission per unit of GDP) by 33-35% below 2005 levels.
- The second was to have 40% of installed electric power from non-fossil-based energy resources by 2030.
- The third target was to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) by 2030 through additional forest and tree cover.
According to the Paris Agreement, countries must ‘update’ their pledges every five years to make larger commitments to reduce GHG emissions.
REVISED INDCs (2021)
India at the COP26 to the UNFCCC held in Glasgow, UK in 2021, expressed to intensify its climate action by presenting 5-set of new targets (Panchamrit) of India’s climate action.
These were –
- India will increase its non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 gigawatts (GW) by (Presently it is around 167 GW)
- It will meet 50% of its energy requirements from renewable sources by
- The total projected carbon emissions will be reduced by 1 billion tonnes from now through
- The emission intensity of its economy will be brought down to less than 45%.
- India will achieve its target of net zero by 2070.
