Deconstructing declarations of carbon-neutrality (The Hindu, GS-3 Environment)

08 Apr Deconstructing declarations of carbon-neutrality (The Hindu, GS-3 Environment)

Posted at 08 Apr 2021 in Current Affairs, GS Paper III, Top IAS Coaching by Swarn Singh 0 Comments

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Context:- Recent declaration by many countries to achieve the carbon neutrality by the mid of this century shows the alertness of countries.

Issues:-

Carbon neutrality, equity and development goes somewhere in contradiction.
Developing countries wants to get developed but issue is that it will emit carbon emission.
Our pledges in intended nationally determined contribution fall shorts.

What India must do:

India has one of the lowest per capita carbon emission, show India is already on the path of carbon neutrality.
India does not owe a carbon debt to the world.
India’s approach to eventual net-zero emissions is contingent on deep first world emissions reductions.
India’s current annual emissions such as to seriously dent the emissions gap
India must declared itself the carbon neutral country.