GHG Mitigation in India

The document examines India's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through international commitments and the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). While India is likely to meet its goal of reducing GDP emissions intensity by 20–25 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, the paper highlights significant implementation gaps. It emphasizes the need for improved financing, institutional capacity, and coordination across different levels of government and ministries to ensure mitigation goals are achieved.

• India has committed to reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20–25 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, a target that studies suggest the country is likely to meet or exceed based on current macroeconomic trends and policies.
• The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) consists of eight national missions; the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission and the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency are specifically expected to help achieve the GDP emissions intensity reduction target.
• There is a disparity in the maturity of national missions: some, like the National Solar Mission, have ambitious targets and detailed plans, while others, such as the National Mission on Sustainable Habitat, lack clear action plans for implementation.
• Effective mitigation requires addressing systemic implementation barriers, specifically the need for adequate financing, institutional capacity building, and improved vertical and horizontal coordination between national, state, and local governments and line ministries.
• India could improve the tracking of mitigation progress by building upon the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCAA) and the system used for national communications to the UNFCCC.

APA

Pahuja, N., Pandey, N., Mandal, K., & Bandyopadhyay, C. (n.d.). GHG Mitigation in India. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-india

Chicago

Pahuja, Neha, Nimisha Pandey, Koyel Mandal, and Chayan Bandyopadhyay. GHG Mitigation in India. World Resources Institute, n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-india.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{pahujandghg, author = {Pahuja, Neha and Pandey, Nimisha and Mandal, Koyel and Bandyopadhyay, Chayan}, title = {{GHG Mitigation in India}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-india}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }