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Amid
challenges, India announces new climate goals with updated NDCs.
In the latest updated NDCs, which
broadly represent India's framework for its energy transition between 2021 and
2030, the country has committed to attaining 50 percent of its total electric
power installed capacity through non-fossil fuel-based energy resources
(renewable energy, including hydropower) by the year 2030.
Climate goals, India
According to the revised NDC, India
is now committed to reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 45 percent
by 2030, compared to 2005 levels, and to achieve approximately 50 percent of
cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy
resources by 2030.
Goals of the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement establishes a
global framework for avoiding dangerous climate change by limiting global
warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5
degrees Celsius. It also aims to strengthen countries'
ability to deal with the impacts of climate change and support them in their
efforts.
Summary of the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement establishes a
global framework for avoiding dangerous climate change by limiting global
warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5
degrees Celsius. It also aims to strengthen countries' ability to deal with the
impacts of climate change and support them in their efforts.
Goals of the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement establishes a
global framework for avoiding dangerous climate change by limiting global
warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5
degrees Celsius. It also aims to strengthen countries' ability to deal with the
impacts of climate change and support them in their efforts.
Why is SDG13 so important?
Sustainable Development Goal
13 urges us to take action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is
disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities,
and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow.
What did the Paris Agreement do?
The Paris Agreement establishes a
global framework for avoiding dangerous climate change by limiting global
warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5
degrees Celsius. It also aims to strengthen countries' ability to deal with the
impacts of climate change and support them in their efforts.
What is climate action?
"Climate action is any
policy, measure, or program that reduces greenhouse gases builds resilience to
climate change or supports and finances those goals."
What is SDG 13's climate change?
Goal 13: Take urgent action
to combat climate change and its impacts. 2019 was the second warmest year
on record and the end of the warmest decade (2010–2019) ever recorded. Carbon
dioxide (CO2) levels and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere rose to new
records in 2019.
What is the main goal of SDG 13
climate action?
Improve education,
awareness-raising, and human and institutional capacity on climate change
mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning.
Summary
India has updated its National Development Goal (NDD) for
the energy transition between 2021 and 2030. The country is now committed to
achieving 50 percent of its total electric power installed capacity through
non-fossil fuel-based energy resources (renewable energy, including hydropower)
by 2030. The Paris Agreement establishes a global framework for avoiding
dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees
Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius. It also aims
to strengthen countries' ability to deal with the impacts of climate change and
support them in their efforts.